Communicating Conservation: Weekly Resources and News

Americans’ Confidence in Television News Drops to New Low
A new Gallup poll finds that Americans are increasingly distrustful of television news. Those who identify as liberals and independents have had a massive drop in trust levels, and now report confidence levels more like conservatives.
“How Can We Change the Fossil Fuel Industry?”
Tom Bowman interviews Bill McKibben about his recent Rolling Stone article, and how we can change the fossil fuel industry. Audio file.
New poll reveals only 2% of Canadians think climate change is not occurring
A further nine percent believed climate change is occurring naturally, and 54% felt both humans and nature are playing a role.
Why we are poles apart on climate change
Dan Kahan posits that the problem isn’t the public’s reasoning capacity; it’s the polluted science-communication environment that drives people apart.

Some new studies, market research, toolkits, and strategies that may be helpful when communicating about conservation and climate change.

Research Offers Insight into Future Debate over Climate Change
This article summarizes a new study offering insight for framing climate change issues; 3 simple frames that work.

Two ClimateAccess articles on the current weather in the US west and communicating climate change:

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