Climate-change foes winning public opinion war (sic)
How is it that people who do not wish to combat climate change are considered climate-change foes or opponents of climate change? Is this another example of Climate Change Skeptics winning the war of words?
http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2015/climate-change-foes-winning-public-opinion-war/
[font face=Serif]Published: Dec. 2, 2015
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[font size=3]As world leaders meet this week and next at a historic climate change summit in Paris, a new study by Michigan State University environmental scientists suggests opponents of climate change appear to be winning the war of words.
The research, funded by the National Science Foundation, finds that climate-change advocates are largely failing to influence public opinion. Climate-change foes, on the other hand, are successfully changing peoples minds Republicans and Democrats alike with messages denying the existence of global warming.
This is the first experiment of its kind to examine the influence of the denial messages on American adults, said Aaron M. McCright, a sociologist and lead investigator on the study. Until now, most people just assumed climate change deniers were having an influence on public opinion. Our experiment confirms this.
The findings come as leaders from 150 nations attempt to forge a treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During a speech Monday at the Paris summit, President Barack Obama said the growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tops.12171