1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgAnna Faheyhttps://www.sightline.org/profile/anna-fahey/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="f040dIQmGm"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2012/06/14/on-the-upswing-american-climate-awareness/">Climate—A Winning Wedge Issue At Last?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2012/06/14/on-the-upswing-american-climate-awareness/embed/#?secret=f040dIQmGm" width="600" height="338" title="“Climate—A Winning Wedge Issue At Last?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="f040dIQmGm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.sightline.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/temps-upswing-flickr-zenimagery.jpg640427Brookings has released a new survey that shows American public understanding of climate science is rebounding. When Brookings asked Americans if the earth’s climate was warming in 2008, 72 percent of Americans said ‘yes.’ By 2010 the number had sunk to a low 52 percent---and it stayed in the 50s for several years. Today it’s back up to 65 percent. Not too shabby---especially as it reinforces a trend seen in other polling (see here, here, and here.) The partisan divide is still alive and well. But, quite significantly, Independents have moved in the direction of hard climate evidence by a whopping 20 points---from 52 to 72 percent.