Denial dries up: Americans finally seeing the light on climate change

[damnedifIknow]

"Looks like Fox News and Congress are becoming ever more intellectually isolated from the American people, perched together on a sinking island of climate denialism.

Stanford University Professor Jon Krosnick led analysis of more than a decade’s worth of poll results for 46 states. The results show that the majority of residents of all of those states, whether they be red or blue, are united in their worries about the climate — and in their desire for the government to take climate action.

“To me, the most striking finding that is new today was that we could not find a single state in the country where climate scepticism was in the majority,” Krosnick told The Guardian."

http://grist.org/news/americans-just-arent-buying-that-climate-denial-crap-anymore/

[BlueJazz]

1. Gee, that's great. Good thinking, Americans !. Now, I've got some really, really bad news for you.

[damnedifIknow]

2. It's not real good

The U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization announced last week that the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere accelerated to a record high in 2012. Carbon dioxide, the main heat-trapping gas, was responsible for 80% of the jump, pushing concentrations to levels not seen in at least 800,000 years."

http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-climate-change-20131112,0,6958165.story

[BlueJazz]

3. Yes, and then we have China..... plus Brazil is "coming into their own" and is going to be....

...the worlds leading Oil exporter by the year 2030-2035. (read that today)

At least most of the public is waking up. It's better than it was....

[WowSeriously]

4. Of course these levels haven't been seen in 800,000 years.

The world is only 6,000 years old.

[Skittles]

8. LOL

welcome to DU WowSeriously

[valerief]

5. Even when Jesus says so? Maybe there is hope. nt

[malaise]

6. Here's a great link from Rachel last night

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

[Edim]

7. Climate skepticism?

But yes, if you ignore the Orwellian, climate change (or global warming) denial (AGWism) is drying up. Good for science!

[ananda]

9. The science is there.

Also, the reality is hitting people in red states hard
and that's why they're coming out of denial.