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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe strange relationship between global warming denial and … speaking English
Here in the United States, we fret a lot about global warming denial. Not only is it a dangerous delusion, its an incredibly prevalent one. Depending on your survey instrument of choice, we regularly learn that substantial minorities of Americans deny, or are skeptical of, the science of climate change.
The global picture, however, is quite different. For instance, recently the U.K.-based market research firm Ipsos MORI released its Global Trends 2014 report, which included a number of survey questions on the environment asked across 20 countries. (h/t Leo Hickman). And when it came to climate change, the result was very telling:
climate-denial.
Note that these results are not perfectly comparable across countries, because the data were gathered online, and Ipsos MORI cautions that for developing countries like India and China, the results should be viewed as representative of a more affluent and connected population.
Nonetheless, some pretty significant patterns are apparent. Perhaps most notably: Not only is the United States clearly the worst in its climate denial, but Great Britain and Australia are second and third worst, respectively. Canada, meanwhile, is the seventh worst.
http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-strange-relationship-between-global-warming-denial-and-speaking-english/
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The strange relationship between global warming denial and … speaking English (Original Post)
madokie
Jul 2014
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Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)1. What else do the US, UK and Australia have in common?
A significant part of the media in all three is controlled by Rupert Murdoch. Which may be a coincidence completely unrelated to this, or not.
Heidi
(58,237 posts)2. Kick! And
happy Wednesday, madokie!
a happy wednesday to you Heidi.
You do realize that you've made my day a whole lot better
now that I know, my own day is improved!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)5. It's not the language; it's the First-World status and maintenance thereof.