Research

Climate Change Sparks Emotional Responses Over half of Americans report feeling fearful, anxious, and angry when they think about climate change. As part of Mental Health Awareness Month and [...]

Are Americans Making the Climate and Health Connection? Climate change impacts – especially air pollution, severe storms, and disease-carrying insects – make Americans concerned for their health [...]

More Americans Are Concerned About Climate Change Than You Think Almost half of Americans are very concerned about climate change, yet only 14% think others around them are very concerned. Very [...]

2021 has been a big year for climate change. Early in his presidency, President Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement and formed the National Climate Task Force, the IPCC released its 6th National [...]

Energy Attitudes: Americans Support Clean Energy The world was watching to see whether leaders would bring forth ambitious climate plans at the United Nations’ COP26. To reach agreements and the [...]

Severe Weather Drives Climate Concerns ecoAmerica’s latest survey finds that severe weather events are making Americans more concerned about climate change. Already in summer 2021, the Pacific [...]

The Rural-Urban Divide on Climate Change Where’s the Polarization? In the past year, the United States has battled record wildfires, heat waves, droughts, and hurricanes. While impacts may [...]

Health Surpasses Jobs in Climate Action Support ecoAmerica’s latest survey finds “health” at the top of the list of motivations for climate solutions — ranking even higher than “jobs”. Twelve [...]

President Biden Sees Climate Change as a Justice Issue, Do Americans? ecoAmerica’s latest survey finds that 84% of Americans believe climate change harms some people more than others — but some [...]

Biden and Trump Voters Alike Want the New Administration to Prioritize Climate Solutions For the first time in history, climate change emerged as a top voting issue in a Presidential election. [...]