About eight months after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma swept through the Gulf Coast and the southeastern United States, fewer Republican
voters are concerned about climate change, according to a recent Morning Consult / Politico poll.
The survey indicated that 66 % of
respondents were concerned about climate change, 77 % supported wind farms, 69 % supported nearby wind farms, and a majority saw wind farms as positives for: appearance, tourism, local business, short term jobs, local economy and landholder income.
[2] A recent Eurobarometer poll also confirms that almost 90 % of the EU
population is concerned about climate change; 82 % are well aware that the way their country consumes and produces energy has a negative impact on the climate and 61 % think that the share of nuclear energy should be decreased due to concerns such as nuclear waste and the danger of accidents.
President Barack Obama already is seen having the support of most voters
who are concerned about climate change, and the matter doesn't seem to be a major concern for Mitt Romney's supporters.
«Yes,
I'm concerned about climate change,» says Cassman.
«To some extent he did exactly that, but mainly among those who were already inclined to
be concerned about climate change.»
So those of us who
are concerned about climate change, we've got to recognize that nuclear power, if it's safe, can make a significant contribution to the climate change question.
There's a lot I'm hearing
that's concerning about climate change, about the rolling back of progress we've made on climate action.
«People all around the U.S. and abroad were celebrating the historic election of the first African - American president, and we were also excited to have a new president who understood and respected science and
was concerned about climate change.
Geologists study Earth history: Today
we are concerned about climate change.
A recent study out of Columbia University delved further into the weather's influence on perceptions, and confirmed that people are far less likely to say
they're concerned about climate change — or even that they believe it's happening — on unusually cold days.
Americans who
are concerned about climate change have long found themselves in an unenviable position: They have to debate about the existence of a debate.
We formed this group with the goal of getting local St. Louis area residents who
are concerned about climate change to get together for monthly meetings.
On unusually cold days, it turned out, the participants were far less likely to say
they were concerned about climate change, or even that they believed it was happening.
If
you're concerned about climate change (Charybdis) above all, you might insist on technologies in the right - hand column.
If
you're concerned about climate change, build a windmill.
«All Americans who
are concerned about climate change should read this report or visit the National Assessment website,» said Wehner, who was also a lead author on the Fifth Assessment Report of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), released last year.
«I'm afraid politicians only do the things that their people tell them to do, and I'm afraid the people of the United States are not telling their politicians to
be concerned about climate change,» he said.
Perhaps the lone swing Republican on the subcommittee, Bono Mack has said repeatedly that
she is concerned about climate change, but also about the price tag of a climate bill.
nearly 80 % of people claim to
be concerned about climate change.
The reason
she's concerned about climate change?
At the same time, Trump's retrograde views and policies may have spurred more Democrats to
be concerned about climate change, according to Gallup.
British young people showed a high awareness of the term «carbon footprint,» but only half claimed to
be concerned about climate change.