Drawing on a nationally representative survey (N = 1,303; including 1,114 registered voters), this report describes...
2019 Articles
How Hope and Doubt Affect Climate Change Mobilization
This article explores how emotions such as hope and doubt significantly impact efforts to mobilize action against...
Swing States Support Renewable Energy
Between June and November 2019, Nexus Polling, inpartnership with the Yale Program on Climate ChangeCommunication and...
Climate Change in the American Mind: November 2019
A majority of Americans are "extremely" or "very" sure global warming is happening, outnumbering those who are sure it...
Georgia Voters Support Climate Action
With our partners at Climate Nexus and Yale University, we are pleased to share the results of a new poll of...
America Misled: How the fossil fuel industry deliberately misled Americans about climate change
Over the past few decades, the fossil fuel industry has subjected the American public to a well-funded,...
Americans oppose drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Sep 26, 2019 CLIMATE NOTE By Matthew Ballew, Anthony Leiserowitz,  Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, and Edward Maibach...
Testing Logic-based and Humor-based Corrections for Science, Health, and Political Misinformation on Social Media
Misinformation causes a range of negative impacts. One proposed solution is applying critical thinking techniques to...
American Voters Support Climate Action
As CNN holds a candidate forum on climate change this evening, we are pleased to release the results of a new national...
Fossil fuels are harming our brains: Identifying key messages about the health effects of air pollution from fossil fuels
A large body of evidence suggests that a transition away from fossil fuels toward a clean energy economy will...
Iowa Voters Support Climate Action
As Democratic presidential candidates head to the Iowa State Fair this week, we are pleased to release the results of...
Michigan Voters Support Climate Action
Ahead of the Democrats’ second presidential primary debate in Detroit, a new survey finds Michigan voters have deep...
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