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


'Brutal logic' and climate communications. By Roberts, Grist, December 16, 2011.

What our smog has wrought. By Winship, Salon.com, December 15, 2011.

The frog and the polar bear: The real reasons why Americans aren't buying climate change. By Davis, Grist, December 12, 2011.

Climate science agreement shifts public views. By Verdano, USA Today, November 28, 2011.

Support for federal backing of renewables slips, driven by GOP skepticism. By Eilperin and Cohen, Washington Post, November 10, 2011

Strong public support for EPA efforts to reduce carbon emissions, By Romm, Grist, September 25, 2011

US heatwave raises climate complexity, By Black, BBC, July 22, 2011

As Weather Becomes Big Story, TV Forecasters Play the Hero, by Severson, NYT, July 18, 2011

Who Can Save the Space Program? Stephen Colbert, by Brandeisky, The New Republic, July 7, 2011

Most Americans Want Scientists, Not Politicians, to Lead Climate Debate, by McGowan, Reuters, July 5, 2011

New Poll Finds Most Americans See No Immediate Threat from Climate Change, by Marshall and Climatewire, Scientific American, June 29, 2011

Online Climate Explored at Google, by Revkin, Dot Earth (NYT), June 28, 2011

Environment: Wacko Republicans Out of Touch, by Goodell, Rolling Stone, June 16, 2011

Americans Still Split on Global Warming, Poll Shows, by Kaufman, NYT, June 9, 2011

EDUCATION: Cow farts and snowboarders teach student 'troops' about climate, by  Lehmann, Climatewire, June 9, 2011

Climate Confusion, by Waldman, The American Prospect, June 8, 2011

Do Americans Care About Climate Change Anymore? Rettig, U.S. News, April 27, 2011

The Perception Factor: Climate Change Gets Personal, Environmental Health Perspectives, Nov 1, 2010

Scientific Authorities Rebut GOP Climate Change 'Dismissives', Capitol News Connection, October 22, 2010

Women More Likely Than Men to Believe the Science on Global Warming, Scientific American, Septmenber 16, 2010

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


Historian and Scientist Naomi Oreskes and the Alliance for Climate Education Named 2011 Climate Change Communicators of the Year, GMU, May 9, 2011

Climategate' Undermined Belief in Global Warming among Many TV Meteorologists, Study ShowsGeorge Mason University, Feb 22, 2011

Climate Change Facebook Quiz Wins Innovation AwardGeorge Mason University, Nov 19, 2010

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