This was very concerning to me...
Obama Urgent on Warming, Public Cool - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com: "The latest in an annual series of polls from the Pew Research Center on people’s top priorities for their elected leaders shows that America and President Obama are completely out of sync on human-caused global warming. Mr. Obama stressed the issue throughout his campaign and several times in his inaugural speech, mentioning stabilizing climate in the same breath as preventing nuclear conflict at one point.
According to the survey of 1,503 adults, global warming, on its own, ranks last out of 20 surveyed issues."
However, I am somewhat comforted by the following response from Steve Cohen (Exec. Director of the Earth Institute).
Understanding Public Opinion About the Environment
The data reported here is accurate, but the data can be interpreted in several ways. I think it is a mistake to assume that the public's support for protecting the environment is declining. The reporter is drawing his conclusion from Pew's own survey analysts, and there is no question that the urgency of environmental issues has shifted due to the current economic crisis. However, we need to look a little deeper to really understand what is happening here.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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