Opinion Today
August 15, 2022
More Americans are pessimistic about the impact they can have on climate change compared to three years ago AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research Only about half of Americans think their actions influence climate change, a decline from the two-thirds who said the same three years ago. They are also slightly less concerned about the effects of climate change on them personally or to say individuals have much responsibility to address climate change compared to 2019.
Many in US doubt their own impact on climate Hannah Fingerhut & Nuha Dolby, Associated Press Americans are less concerned now about how climate change might impact them personally — and about how their personal choices affect the climate — than they were three years ago, a new poll shows, even as a wide majority still believe climate change is happening. Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott still leads Beto O’Rourke Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas Morning News Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is maintaining a modest lead over Democrat Beto…