Climate change is a matter of life and death. Period. (See what I did there?) Every day I marvel at how much garbage I create even though I make significant efforts to do the 3 R’s. The Republicans’ embrace of climate change denial is incredible evidence that all most of them care about Is getting re-elected. And of course the rapture, which will be hastened if we move the embassy to Jerusalem (check) and the planet dies. 🤦🏽♀️
Hi Dan, great post and I certainly hope you are right.
I’m a PhD student in Australia and would caution against over-interpreting polling data like that you have used regarding attitudes to climate in PA. Labor here have struggled for over a decade with trying to present bold action on climate change without alienating - loosely defined - working class voters, particularly those in mining and resource heavy states/communities. Indeed, we have often found that despite strong polling evidence supporting climate action in principle, when a cost is attached (a cost the right are often affecting at exaggerating), support can ebb in crucial areas. Australia is obviously not unique in this, but is arguably on the front line (of advanced democracies) in feeling the actual effects of climate change so if it is hard to prosecute that argument here it is unlikely to be any easier elsewhere.
I work in tech policy and Markey is well-known in our field as a progressive leader on our issues like broadband access and net neutrality.
Climate change is a matter of life and death. Period. (See what I did there?) Every day I marvel at how much garbage I create even though I make significant efforts to do the 3 R’s. The Republicans’ embrace of climate change denial is incredible evidence that all most of them care about Is getting re-elected. And of course the rapture, which will be hastened if we move the embassy to Jerusalem (check) and the planet dies. 🤦🏽♀️
Hi Dan, great post and I certainly hope you are right.
I’m a PhD student in Australia and would caution against over-interpreting polling data like that you have used regarding attitudes to climate in PA. Labor here have struggled for over a decade with trying to present bold action on climate change without alienating - loosely defined - working class voters, particularly those in mining and resource heavy states/communities. Indeed, we have often found that despite strong polling evidence supporting climate action in principle, when a cost is attached (a cost the right are often affecting at exaggerating), support can ebb in crucial areas. Australia is obviously not unique in this, but is arguably on the front line (of advanced democracies) in feeling the actual effects of climate change so if it is hard to prosecute that argument here it is unlikely to be any easier elsewhere.