Thanks for killing the planet, boomers!

The world as we know it is ending, and the indifference by Americans, politicians and mainstream press is maddening

TIM DONOVAN

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/02/thanks_for_killing_the_planet_boomers/

 

 

“Elsewhere, apathy runs rampant. According to an oft-cited research paper by Anthony Leiserowitz,

 

http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/the-role-of-conservative-media-in-public-perceptions-of-global-warming

 

a Gallup poll recently found that “the environment” was the 16th most important issue to Americans today. Even more troubling, among environmental issues, global warming ranked 12 out of 13 — just lower than “urban sprawl.” This apathy exists in spite of poll numbers that show a vast majority of Americans believe in man-made climate change and the requisite dangers that it poses. According to Leiserowitz, since the year 2000 polls have consistently shown that 60-70 percent of people in the U.S. ‘believe that global warming is real and already underway (74 percent), believe that there is a scientific consensus on the reality of climate change (61 percent), and already view climate change as a somewhat to very serious problem (76 percent).’”

 

Sky:  I must read up on how Sociologists and Eco-Psychologists account for why there is such a lot of apathy around climate change.  I’ll continue this later.