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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 2d

NEW REPORT:
19% of Americans say social media is their most important news source, an increase of 7 percentage points from 2021. Learn more about where Americans get their news:

climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/top-news...

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Top news sources for Global Warmings’ Six Americas - Center for Climate Change Communication

The news media is one of the most important channels for climate change communication. Journalists choose what climate stories to report and how to cover them, which in turn affects what different aud...

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 9d

In these tumultuous times, what are Americans worried about the most?

29% say they are very worried about global warming, behind corruption (54%), the economy (47%) and cost of living (48%).

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Top Public Worries in the U.S. - Center for Climate Change Communication

Climate change connects directly to many other social issues such as the cost of living, the economy, health, disruption of government services, and national security. Understanding how Americans prio...

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 10d

We need to rethink the way we display our climate visualizations. Binary climate data messaging shows that the more straight-forward the imagery, the more likely it is to stick.

#sciencecommunication

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Graphs that make the frog jump: fighting climate apathy with better data visualization - SciCommBites

Presenting data in binaries can increase perceived impact of climate change.

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 11d

#Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat
Energy companies are learning this lesson fast.
#climate
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...

Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat

Energy companies are learning this lesson faster than Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 22d

Government corruption, the cost of living, the economy, the state of democracy in the U.S., and the disruption of federal government services are among Americans' top worries.
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More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250919-top...

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 17d

Framing climate change and climate science as a “debate” sews widespread doubt and division on the foundation of its research.

While our understanding does continue to evolve, the existence of climate change and the seriousness of its impacts are not in question.
#Scicomm

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Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’

The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 23d

Government corruption is a top concern for Americans – a majority (54%) say they are very worried about it. How does this compare to worrying about climate change? Learn more about American's top worries in our new post:

climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/top-publ...

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 24d

Here are the stories of the very real, very serious economic tolls of climate inaction.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds

Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 24d

Just updated my regular look at what power sources are driving the US electric sector on a % basis. Nice cause for optimism. Renewables still growing. Coal use slightly increasing recently but all at the expense of natural gas - which is just economic switching.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · 25d

Alan Lightman and Martin Rees’s new book, The Shape of Wonder: How Scientists Think, Work, and Live displays the humanity of those working for the betterment of their communities and to answer the burning questions of our time in a case to restore public trust in science.

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Scientists Are People, Too

Scientists are People, Too: It’s no secret that we’re in an era of endemic skepticism toward science. You see it in the news every day.

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 27d

I'm super excited to be heading to UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday for a discussion about how to make climate change communication more effective in the current hyper-polarized environment that is America.

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Sign up for new symposium on communicating climate solutions

Amid polarized discourse on climate change and science, trusted communicators in communities may be key to discussing solutions

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Sep 9

NEW: Have your insurance rates gone up? Nearly half of the Americans we surveyed understand that global warming is increasing homeowners insurance costs. Read more in our new publication:

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About half of Americans understand that global warming is increasing homeowners insurance costs - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Global warming is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and wildfires. Extreme weather events in turn raise homeowners insurance costs, especially f...

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Sep 4

Urban planning is traditionally car-centric. Not only does this create less opportunity for physical exercise, it increases reliance on greenhouse gas polluting vehicles. We need to shift away from this standard to walkable cities.

Climate solutions are health solutions.

grist.org/cities/strug...

Struggling to get in your daily steps? It may be your city's fault.

Can urban design actually motivate people to walk more? New data says yes - people in walkable cities get about 20 percent more steps.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Sep 3

@joshettinger.bsky.social, a Mason 4C Postdoctoral Research Fellow, spoke with The Guardian:

“I hope our research encourages policy officials to be braver and pursue more ambitious climate policies. They have more public support than they may realize.”

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Underestimating support for climate action limits political decision making, study says

Research reveals huge disparity between perceived and actual willingness of public to contribute to fixing climate

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Aug 28

Climatic change is a natural characteristic of our planet's past. Ecosystems have adapted to new conditions for millennia. What’s not natural is the rapid speed of anthropogenic climate change.

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yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/natu...

Nature can keep up with climate change – but not at this speed » Yale Climate Connections

Earth’s systems evolved to handle disturbance, but human-driven climate change is pushing them past the breaking point.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Aug 27

@jeffgoodell.bsky.social will be one of many talented authors speaking at George Mason University's annual Fall for the Book event. His New York Times Best Seller is an illuminating and earnest look at how rising temperatures will affect our lives, health, and the planet.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Aug 26

A new report from @docsforclimate.bsky.social brings together stories from health professionals on the frontlines to demonstrate the ways climate change harms health and the urgency to act to protect ourselves and our neighbors.

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One Climate Event Away: Stories of Climate Change From the Frontlines of Health - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)

This new report gathers stories from health professionals on the frontlines of climate change to demonstrate the different ways climate harms health and the urgency to act.

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Aug 26

How are scientists able to say how much climate change has made disasters worse? This interview with @wwattribution.bsky.social explains the data and research behind attributing extreme weather events to the influence of climate change.

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How science links extreme weather disasters to climate change: Interview with WWA’s Clair Barnes

Human activities have been the major driver of climate change since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the mid-1800s. As greenhouse gas levels, primarily carbon dioxide due to the burning of f...

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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · Aug 25

New study shows health damage in US from oil & gas emissions, 90,000 premature deaths nationally, with California, New York, and Texas suffering the most.
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The health burden and racial-ethnic disparities of air pollution from the major oil and gas lifecycle stages in the United States

Largest total population health burden is from O&G end-use, but greatest relative disparities are linked to downstream activities.

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Aug 25

[COMMENTARY]

Brazil’s planned reconstruction of the BR-319 federal highway is linked to plans for five state highways & a huge oil & gas project that would open a vast area of Amazon Rainforest to deforestation, states a new op-ed.

** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.

Brazil’s new licensing accord is a gateway to forest destruction via the BR-319 highway (commentary)

On July 15, Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MMA) and the Ministry of Transportation reached an “accord” for licensing the notorious BR-319 (Manaus-Porto Velho) highway…

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Aug 22

If you’ve been thinking about going solar, buying an electric vehicle, or upgrading your home with cleaner, more affordable energy, now is the time to act!

Click below to learn what federal clean energy tax credits are still available!

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Click here to learn more

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Mason Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C) @mason4c.bsky.social · Aug 21

Who is most likely to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate? Read our latest.

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www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Predictors of willingness to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Predictors of willingness to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Aug 20

Like dementia? Me neither.

Mounting evidence shows that long-term exposure to air pollution contributes to dementia.

Big picture: Clean energy—>Better health.

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Long-term air pollution exposure and incident dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

This analysis adds to the body of evidence that outdoor air pollutants are risk factors for dementia, indicating that reduced exposure to pollution could reduce dementia rates and stricter air quality...

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · Aug 20

Heck yes! Taxing carbon pollution is an idea that US voters across the political spectrum embrace. Our latest poll, for example, shows 81% of registered voters support the approach proposed in the Foreign Pollution Fee Act. climatecommunication.gmu.edu/all/climate-...
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Opinion: The climate demands bipartisan action

Is a carbon tax the bipartisan solution to climate change?

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