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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 1d

A report from two nonprofits found that 25 of the 37 nominees to federal environmental positions had ties to polluting industries, like oil, gas, and mining. The report explicitly links individuals within the Trump Administration to fossil fuel companies.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 4d

Car dependency continues to shape U.S. mobility. 68% of American workers drive to work alone, reflecting gaps in climate-effective transportation infrastructure.

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Alternative text: A blurred image of a busy street with evening traffic with a text overlay containing the words “80% of American Drivers feel they have “no choice” but to drive due to poor public transportation infrastructure.”

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 4d

Rising heat stress from climate change appears to be contributing significantly to chronic kidney disease among India’s outdoor workers, particularly in settings without rest, shade, or adequate hydration.

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A salt mine at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, India, with the overlaid text: “89% of Indians say they have personally experienced the effects of global warming.”

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 5d

Home insurance premiums have risen 40% faster than inflation since 2017. These premiums have risen due to higher housing prices and the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events. www.hbs.edu/bigs/climate...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 5d

The Ecuadorian environmental and indigenous land rights activist, Efraín Fueres, was killed while protesting the government's recent decision to end gas subsidies, which help lower-income Ecuadorians. insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration’s proposed 56 percent cut to the National Science Foundation (NSF) has led to the closure of ARCUS, a respected Arctic research center that supported Indigenous communities and international climate monitoring efforts.

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Expansive Arctic icy landscape featuring an open frigid lake, with overlaid text: “Only 20% of American voters support ordering all federal agencies to stop conducting research on global warming.”

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 6d

Last Tuesday, Trump told the United Nations that climate change is a “con job” created by “stupid people.” He vouched for the safety of fossil fuels and dismissed renewable energy. Almost one-third of Americans are ‘very worried' about global warming. insideclimatenews.org/news/2309202...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 7d

Citing rising energy demand from AI data centers, the Trump administration announced measures to revive the U.S. coal industry by opening public land to mining, reducing royalty rates, and rolling back environmental protections.

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An excavator crane unloading coal buckets onto a larger coal mound, with overlaid text: “The Trump administration is pushing to revive the coal industry, citing AI-driven energy demand, yet only 21% of registered American voters think the US should use more fossil fuels than it does today.”

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 8d

An email within the Department of Energy instructed employees to avoid words such as “climate change,” “green,” “decarbonization,” “sustainability,” and “emissions.” www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 9d

According to our Climate Change in the American Mind report, about seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. By contrast, only 15% of Americans think global warming is not happening. So why does it feel like there are so many climate deniers?

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Do Americans care about climate change?

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 9d

According to our Climate Change in the American Mind report, about seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. By contrast, only 15% of Americans think global warming is not happening. So why does it feel like there are so many climate deniers?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpl...

Do Americans care about climate change?

YouTube video by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 12d

A federal judge granted the Danish energy company Orsted permission to continue construction on an offshore wind farm. The $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island was 80% complete when the Trump administration tried to halt it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 15d

More than 20,000 people died of heat-related causes this summer in Europe. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. This can be difficult to adapt to, especially in European cities that generally lack air conditioning.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 18d

The US Transportation Department has canceled or withdrawn $679 million in funds for wind farm projects. This includes wind farms there were already under construction. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/c...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 20d

What are Americans worried about? In our most recent Climate Change in the American Mind survey, we routinely asked people how worried they are about a number of public issues:

#4 State of democracy
#3 The economy
#2 Cost of living
#1 at the link:

Top public worries in the U.S.

About three in ten Americans say they are “very worried” about global warming.

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 29d

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:

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 for those living in the most affected areas. For example, as global […]

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌍 Climate change demands global action—but do we share a common mindset?
Our new Nature Climate Change paper maps belief systems across 110 areas using a network analysis of 99,000+ people. See where belief networks are strong, weak, or conflicted: osf.io/ybdx9

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Sep 2

85+ climate experts reviewed the US government’s new climate report. Their conclusion: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making. FULL
REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment

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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Sep 1

Ahead of Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary, over 180 current and former FEMA employees warned Congress that the Trump admin’s leadership cuts have severely weakened the agency, leaving it unprepared for future disasters.

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Damage in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, three weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Overlaid text reads: ‘Over 180 FEMA staff say Trump-era cuts have left the agency too weak to handle future disasters. 58% of Americans think extreme weather poses a high (18%) or moderate (40%) risk to their community over the next decade.’

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Sep 1

The Maryland League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 environmental scorecards gave Governor Wes Moore and the state legislature middling marks, citing stalled environmental justice bills despite symbolic administrative action.

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Maryland State Capital Building in Annapolis, Maryland. Overlaid text reads: ‘Maryland’s leaders got middling climate grades in the 2025 LCV scorecards, while a majority of Marylanders say local officials (61%) and the governor (59%) should do more to address global warming.’

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Aug 28

NEW: Do people in your area believe climate change is impacting extreme weather? Explore Americans’ climate attribution beliefs in the Yale Climate Opinion Maps (YCOM) interactive tool and corresponding Yale Climate Opinion Factsheets tool:

Public Opinion on Climate Attribution: Majorities of Americans think global warming is affecting extreme weather events - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

We are excited to release new maps of Americans’ climate attribution beliefs in the Yale Climate Opinion Maps (YCOM) interactive tool, as well as the corresponding Yale Climate Opinion Factsheets tool. Key Findings: Majorities of Americans think global warming is […]

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Aug 27

According to the American Meteorological Society, carbon emissions reached record levels in 2024, intensifying global heat and accelerating glacier loss at an unprecedented pace. insideclimatenews.org/news/1408202..., climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...

An image of fumes from two smokestacks and an overlaying text stating “carbon dioxide emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, continue to rise globally. 60% of Americans understand that global warming is mostly human-caused.”

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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

This new article offers valuable insights for social science theorists and climate activists.

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Aug 22

Torrential monsoon rains killed at least 21 people in Pakistan this week, bringing the season’s death toll to nearly 750 since June.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/... via @aljazeera.com

Aerial view of floodwaters in Pakistan’s Swat Valley during the 2010 floods, where people are stranded on patches of land, overlaid with text reading: ‘Torrential monsoon rains killed at least 21 people in Pakistan this week. 78% of Pakistani respondents who had recently experienced a flood said climate change contributed ‘a great deal’ or ‘a moderate amount’ to it.’

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · Aug 21

Fifteen youth activists in Wisconsin have filed a constitutional climate lawsuit arguing that state law blocks the clean energy transition and entrenches fossil fuel dependence.

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Wastewater pouring out of a drain and polluting a nearby river, with the overlaid text: “Youth climate activists in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit. 70% of Wisconsin residents think global warming will harm future generations ‘a great deal’ or a ‘moderate amount.’”

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