Environmental challenges are often marked by an intergroup dimension. Political
conservatives and progressives are divided on their beliefs about climate change, farmers …

Over the last three decades, climate change has become publicly defined as an important
social problem deserving action. A substantial body of social science research examines the …

Conventional wisdom holds that partisanship and political ideology, writ large, are some of
the most powerful explanations of attitudes towards climate change and environmental …

Americans' attitudes about the environment are highly polarized, but it is unclear why this is
the case. We conducted five studies to examine this issue. Studies 1a and 1b demonstrated …

We examine political polarization over climate change within the American public by
analyzing data from 10 nationally representative Gallup Polls between 2001 and 2010. We …

This research demonstrates how promoting the environment can negatively affect adoption
of energy efficiency in the United States because of the political polarization surrounding …

Abstract “Nudges” are being widely promoted to encourage energy conservation. We show
that the popular electricity conservation “nudge” of providing feedback to households on …

Pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors show substantial individual differences, and
exploring their predictors can help reveal the origins of pro-environmental behavior. Basic …

Widespread political polarization on issues related to environmental conservation may be
partially explained by the chronic framing of persuasive messages in ideological and moral …

Despite the findings of climate scientists, the proportions of climate sceptics appear to be
increasing in many countries. We model social and political background, value orientations …