Press

For press inquiries, contact:

Tara Laskowski, GMU Public Relations Manager,
tlaskows@gmu.edu, 703.993.8815

If she is unavailable, please contact:

Director Ed Maibach,
emaibach@gmu.edu, 703.993.1587

In the News


Climate change should be billed as a 'health' not 'environmental' disaster, Ecologist, July 22, 2010

Study: people grasp climate change better as health issue, USA TODAY, July 20, 2010

Weather Wars, SBS.com.au, July 20, 2010

What cap? Dems' climate word war, Politico, July 18, 2010

Climate science: An erosion of trust? Nature, June 30, 2010

More Heat, Less Light, New York magazine, June 20, 2010

Global Warming and the Pollsters: Who's Right? ABC News, June 16, 2010

Obama’s Choices on Energy and Climate, dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com, June 14,2010

Cut carbon, get healthy! Energy Collective, June 13, 2010

American Concerns about Climate Change Climb, Discovery News, June 9, 2010

In the eye of the climate change storm, by Stu Ostro, The Weather Channel Blog, April 22, 2010

Many Television Weather Forecasters Doubt Global Warming, abc News/Nightline, April 22, 2010.

Science Cat Fight, Colbert Nation, April 6, 2010

TV weathermen should re-think climate coverage, Washingtonpost.com, Metro, April 5, 2010

Selling Hell: Why We Are Losing The Climate Communications Battle, Times Online, March 31, 2010

Forecasters at odds about warming threat, The Washington Times, March 30, 2010

Among Weathercasters, Doubt on Warming, The New York Times, March 29, 2010

Young people don't seem to be especially hot about climate change, The Washington Post, March 9, 2010

Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2010

Global warming doubts could hamper climate legislation, The Christine Science Monitor, March 8, 2010

After errors, global warming gets a cold shoulder, The Boston Globe, March 8, 2010

Climate change skepticism a litmus test for GOP, Chicago Tribune, March 7, 2010

Some scientists misread poll data on global warming controversy, USA TODAY, March 6, 2010

Global Warming: No Big Deal? The Atlantic, March 3, 2010 

Scientists Taking Steps to Defend Work on Climate, The New York Times, March 3, 2010

Young Americans appear less concerned than their elders about climate change, Climate Wire, March 2, 2010

Climate science and public opinion 'can be a bit messy', Climate Wire, Feb 24, 2010

New survey says fewer Americans believe in global warming today, compared with 2008, Cleveland.com, Feb 23, 2010 

Despite climate doubts, Americans back CO2 curbs, The Baltimore Sun, Feb 23, 2010 

Many Believe in Going Green; Fewer Actually Do It, AOL news, Feb 19, 2010

When It Comes To Green, We Are Hypocrites, treehugger.com, Feb 17, 2010

Where the IPCC goes from here, ScienceInsider, Feb 15, 2010

Polar explorer sees warming threat, Billings Gazette, Feb 9, 2010

Harsh winter a sign of climate change, Washington Post- msnbc.com, Jan 28, 2010

Americans cooling on Climate Change, survey says, CNN, Jan 27, 2010

Declining Interest makes Climate Change a hard shell, NPR, December 5, 2009 

Lowering the doom, The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2009
 

Press releases


When Climate Change Becomes a Public Health Issue, Do More People React? George Mason University, Jul. 20, 2010

Poll: American Opinion on Climate Change Warms Up, George Mason University, Jun. 8, 2010

EPA Scientist Jason Samenow and BBC World Service Trust Named Climate Change Communicators of the Year, George Mason University, Apr. 29, 2010

While Filling Roles as Science Educators, Weathercasters Uncertain on Climate Change, George Mason University, Apr. 5, 2010

Weathercasters Take on Role of Science Educators; Feel Some Uncertainty on Issue of Climate Change, George Mason University, Mar. 29, 2010

More Americans 'Dismissive' about Global Warming; Fewer 'Alarmed', George Mason University, Feb. 23, 2010

Americans Favor Conservation, But Few Practice It, George Mason University, Feb. 16, 2010

Poll: Americans Support Strong Climate, Energy Policies, George Mason University, Feb. 4, 2010

American Opinion Cools on Global Warming, George Mason University, Jan. 27, 2010

Television Has Less Effect on Education about Climate Change than Other Forms of Media, George Mason University, Oct. 16, 2009

Walk, Don’t Drive! Community Promotion of Physical Activity Has Two-Fold Benefit, George Mason University, Aug. 3, 2009

Bud Ward Named Climate Change Communicator of the Year, George Mason University, Jan. 9, 2009

Global Warming an Important Issue for Undecided Voters, New Study Shows, George Mason University, Oct. 20, 2008

Mason Study Shows Most Health Department Directors See Climate Change as Looming Threat, George Mason University, Jul. 29, 2008

First nationwide climate change survey of public health departments shows lack of resources for dealing with health challenge, Environmental Defense Fund, Apr. 24, 2008

Public health leaders unveil blueprint for tackling climate change
, The American Public Health Association, Mar. 31, 2008

Despite polarized opinions, Republicans and Democrats about equally likely to perform green actions
, George Mason University, Jan. 31, 2008

New center for climate change communication to shift global thinking
, George Mason University, Sept. 26, 2007