The research, published this month in the journal Nature Climate Change, looked at the climate change beliefs of 1,380 Oklahomans who were surveyed quarterly from 2014 to 2018. Fully 41% of conservatives shifted from being non-believers in anthropogenic climate change to believers — and often back — at some point over the study period. Liberals’ views, in contrast, were both more stable and in line with scientific consensus on the role of human activity in climate change. Conservative politicians like Inhofe have unwaveringly denied a human role in climate change, a position in stark opposition to scientific consensus. In the meantime, Oklahoma remains an ideal place to study public attitudes on climate change, and not simply because of its red-state politics.

Source: Forbes March 20, 2020 17:13 UTC