Evaluating terms Americans use to refer to carbon emissions - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
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Different terms evoke different reactions.
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Americans are confused on climate, but support cutting carbon
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Images Americans Associate With the terms Global Warming and
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Evaluating terms Americans use to refer to carbon emissions
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Politics & Global Warming, April 2019 - Yale Program on Climate
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Global Warming's Six Audiences: A cross-national comparison in
Percentage of Americans who say they have personally experienced
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Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information
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Evaluating terms Americans use to refer to carbon emissions
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Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Fall
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Global Warming's Six Americas - Yale Program on Climate Change
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The U.P. Words Survey - Communication Sciences and Disorders, click here to start the survey
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Climate, Free Full-Text
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Exxon Wants You to Feel Guilty About Climate Change