‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis
Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive
Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive.
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It's really weird how in the rest of the world, climate change is an accepted scientific fact. We ain't doing much about it, that's true but at least we aren't straight up denying it like some Americans... what is it with the US always having the dumbest of the dumb? Or maybe they are just super loud?
Idk it's weird.
Fox News destroyed America.
People who are willing to put ethics to the side are able to making a lot money in the US and nothing speaks louder than money.
In the USA, climate change is also an accepted scientific fact. These people are idiots.
That's not true, all countries of the world have groups / politcal parties that deny science. It's the "easy" way, and some people prefer to believe in the easy way, instead of reasonably concluding that reality is not easy.
At least in Canada and most of the European countries, these people are mocked out of public space. Only in the US do they have a microphone and that's the point I'm bringing. I know there are stupid people in every country. But why are they taken seriously in the US and not the other countries?
Yeah all those massive anti-vaccine protests in Canada and Europe weren't denying science. And if they were they were just Americans on vacation
200 people from Alberta isn't what I would be considering "massive" my dude lol
We aren't numerous but we still are 38 million people 😅
what is it with the US always having the dumbest of the dumb?
I would gently suggest that Reddit-style hot takes might be better suited remaining on Reddit.
As far as the actual data goes, the Pew Research organization did a survey on attitudes toward climate change by country back in 2019. The main takeaways:
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Yep, the US lags behind most of Europe in regards to attitudes around climate change. However the disparity is more of shades of gray rather than the dramatic binary situation you described. There are deniers in every single country listed, and even Germany reported a full 27% of their population not considering climate change a serious threat. Sweden had 30%
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On a longitudinal level, concerns about climate change have increased everywhere, including the US. Between 2013 & 2018, the proportion of US respondents who considered climate change a major threat increased 20%.
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Unsurprisingly, there's a major partisan gap in the US. 83% of left-leaning respondents considered it a major threat, whereas only 27% of right-leaning ones did.
Does any other country have one if its two biggest political parties officially denying that climate change is real?
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They’re super loud and have the backing of loud megaphones in industry and media, same as y’all. I wouldn’t be surprised if at this point the numbers were similar.
Supposedly it's polarized in Australia too.