Climate change is less visible in US news coverage these days, but journalists should know that the public still cares about it — and wants to hear more about it from journalists and political leaders alike. With “affordability” the new buzz word in US politics and congressional elections approaching in November, it turns out that two out of three Americans think global warming is affecting the cost of living. Six out of 10 want to vote for a candidate that supports taking climate action. And seven out of 10 oppose the Trump administration ordering federal agencies to stop providing information about global warming to the public.
Those findings, and many more, come from a new study jointly conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, which have long been the gold standard in climate change public opinion polling. Journalists are invited to hear their scholars explain the findings, and answer journalists’ questions, at this press briefing.
Panelists
- Anthony Leiserowitz, Director, YPCCC
- John Kotcher, Director, GMU’s Center for Climate Change Communication
- Heather Souvaine Horn, Deputy Editor, The New Republic
Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow’s executive director, will moderate.