Caveats notwithstanding, then, when
people worry about climate change in relation to Sandy — and wonder why their presidential candidates aren't bringing the matter up — it's hard to say they're misguided in doing so.
It's true that as the ocean warms, it can't absorb as much CO2, but that is a reason to be
more worried about climate change, since it means global warming may well speed up in the future.
Russia, meanwhile, had the most respondents who say they thought climate change was not happening (15 %), roughly equivalent to the number very or
extremely worried about climate change (16 %).
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ConocoPhillips was relatively lax in adopting such technologies in 2013, according to its 2013 filing with CDP, a London - headquartered nonprofit that collects survey responses from major companies for
investors worried about climate change.
I will say this about the subject though and that is that I think people who worry about climate changes [being] the major trouble of earth don't have my view.
But it took Petunia, an American Staffordshire terrier - pit bull mix, eight years to cover almost 3,000 miles, while the rest of us were spending the
decade worrying about climate change, the Middle East and the economy.
In nations with high levels of carbon emissions per capita, including the U.S., Australia, Canada and Russia, publics are less likely to express
strong worries about climate change.
Concern about climate change has come from many quarters: the insurance industry, Olympians in winter sports, the beer and coffee industries, worried about hops and coffee, Nike and Coke, worried about water and other ingredients, the national security types,
worried about climate change enhancing other problems, and making one heck of a lot of Bangladeshis move.
When people debate about what caused the public to become
less worried about climate change, the first thing a lot of people point to is Climategate (the 2009 release of controversial emails sent between several prominent climate scientists).
One of the protestors, Nicola Bowskill, who is a local resident said: «I'm
really worried about climate change and I believe we've got to break free... and move towards 100 % renewable energy».
Norgaard argues that it's hard even for people who are
privately worried about climate change to discuss the issue in public, because they feel guilty about the situation and, at the same time, helpless to change it.