Americans’ Actions to Conserve Energy, Reduce Waste, and Limit Global Warming: June 2010

Jun 2, 2010 | All Categories, Climate Change in the American Mind, Reports, Special Topics

This study, conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication between May 14, 2010 and June 1, 2010, found….


Interview dates: May 14, 2010 – June 1, 2010
Interviews: 1,024 Adults (18+)
Margin of error: +/- 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.
NOTE: All results show percentages among all respondents, unless otherwise labeled. Totals may
occasionally sum to more than 100 percent due to rounding.

This study was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George
Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, and was funded by the Surdna
Foundation, the Eleventh Hour Project, the Pacific Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation.


Principal Investigators:

Anthony Leiserowitz, PhD
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
(203) 432-4865 [email protected]

Edward Maibach, MPH, PhD
Center for Climate Change Communication
Department of Communication, George Mason University
(703) 993-1587 [email protected]

Connie Roser-Renouf, PhD
Center for Climate Change Communication
Department of Communication, George Mason University
(707) 825-0601 [email protected]

Nicholas Smith, PhD
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
(203) 432-1208 [email protected]

Cite as: Leiserowitz, A., Maibach, E., Roser-Renouf, C. & Smith, N. (2010) Americans’ Actions to
Conserve Energy, Reduce Waste, and Limit Global Warming: June 2010. Yale University and George
Mason University. New Haven, CT: Yale Project on Climate Change Communication.
http://environment.yale.edu/files/BehaviorJune2010.pdf