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Environment & Energy

lordsummerisle

(4,651 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 06:54 PM Jun 2018

Racist Attitudes And Climate Denial Have a Disturbing Link We Never Knew About

The drivers behind climate change denial look to be even more complex than we thought, with new research finding evidence of a "racial spillover" – in which racist attitudes have become linked with skepticism over climate change.

https://www.sciencealert.com/racist-attitudes-climate-denial-disturbing-link-we-never-knew-about-obama-presidency

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Racist Attitudes And Climate Denial Have a Disturbing Link We Never Knew About (Original Post) lordsummerisle Jun 2018 OP

Oh wow - I know the author! caraher Jun 2018 #1

caraher

(6,279 posts)

1. Oh wow - I know the author!

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Thu Jun 21, 2018, 01:30 AM

Jun 2018

Former colleague of mine.

And this further reinforces the fact that motivated reasoning driven by group identity is far more important than, say, scientific literacy, in determining where most people fall on these issues

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