Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014 8:14 PM UTC
The U.S. is the world leader in climate denial
Rush Limbaugh is already taking credit
Topics: climate change denialism, United States, Rush Limbaugh, Rupert Murdoch, EPA, climate skeptics, Sustainability News, Media News
When it comes to climate-change denial, the United States is number one, new polling data from the U.K.-based market research firm Ipsos MORI reveals. It’s because we’re so much more enlightened than the rest of the world.
Not really.
Only 54 percent of Americans agree with the scientific consensus on climate change: that “the climate change we are currently seeing is largely the result of human activity.” Compare that to the next-lowest, Great Britain, with 64 percent in agreement, all the way up to China, where 93 percent agreed — almost reflecting the 97 percent consensus itself (the pollsters do note that, as the results were taken from online surveys, data may be skewed for developing countries like China and India).
Chris Mooney at Mother Jones has some interesting theories surrounding the preponderance of climate-change denial in English-speaking nations, particularly the U.S., U.K. and Australia, where the neoliberal, Rupert Murdoch-owned media is exerting its influence. Rush Limbaugh agrees: he’s already jumped to take credit for America’s ranking.
