Should Panelists Dismissive of Climate Change Be Included at Campus Forums? : Framing Science

Eilperin explained there is a difference between reporting on the science behind climate change and reporting on the political debate. She also cited President Barack Obama's focus on combating climate change as a possible reason why the issue of global warming is becoming more polarized.

"In our articles [in The Washington Post], we write the fact that the science is settled on that question," she said. "I think there's also the question of the political debate, which is different. It's one thing to . . . inform readers about the science concerning climate change, and it's another thing when you're actually covering in real time what's happening, and how there is a divide."

Methane seen as growing climate risk - washingtonpost.com

WASHINGTON -- Methane, a potent global warming gas, is bubbling out of the frozen Arctic faster than had been expected.

The Classroom as Science Hot Zone - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com

I asked Anthony Leiserowitz at Yale about this, recalling that a recent survey he helped conduct of attitudes on climate, Six Americas, detected a strong tendency of those dismissing human-caused climate change to be evangelical Christians.

Flashback: [Since they don't buy into the climate hoax, can we conclude that most people in India are evangelical Christians?]

The US and India, on the other hand, fall at the opposite end of the spectrum, with only 45% of the respondents in each of those countries concerned enough about climate change to consider it a very serious problem – far below the 23-country average of 64%.