Climate Change: Public Opinion Rebounds From All-Time Lows

Laura Merli in Climate Change 4 weeks ago

After a several-year period of doubt in climate change, funded by a campaign from the oil and gas industries, Americans are again coming around to realize what's at stake.

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Ray Kurzweil: Artificial Intelligence Will Save Humans From Ourselves

Ray Kurzweil in Climate Change 4 weeks ago

I am now at Google as Director of Engineering to help develop smarter AI and environmentally-friendly energy technologies to address climate change and solve the grand challenges of humanity.

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Earth Day 2013: Superstorms and Megadroughts Will Be the New Normal in Your Lifetime

Bill McKibben in Climate Change 1 month ago

The average PolicyMic reader is 26, which means you have 60 years or so left on this earth. Which means you’re screwed.

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Earth Day: Free Market Believers Are Likely to be Climate Change Deniers

Andrea Ayres-Deets in Climate Change 1 month ago

A study shows that ones belief in lassiez-faire free markets can predict whether or not they believe in climate change and conspiracy theories.

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Climate Change 2013: Republicans Shifting Stance On Global Warming

Patricia Levi in Climate Change 1 month ago

Republicans and right-leaning independents are increasingly supporting increased clean energy production, but their core values on climate change remain the same.