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Putting the Pew Climate Survey In Context

By nisbetmc on October 29, 2009.

Last week's Pew survey on American views of climate change generated a sizable amount of speculation and debate from bloggers and other commentators. See for example this round up at the NY Times.

In comparison to some of this blog debate, readers will find very useful the discussion offered earlier this week at NPR's Talk of the Nation involving Pew director Andrew Kohut and Yale researcher Anthony Lieserowitz. [Transcript.]

For more background on how lingering public disengagement relates to the frames of reference provided by the media, climate skeptics, and climate advocates alike, see this recent paper at the journal Environment. For a look at 20 years of public opinion trends on climate change, see this past study at Public Opinion Quarterly.

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