How’s that 35+ years of spreading awareness working? How about declaring that the debate is over?
Yale survey indicates Mainers losing interest in climate change
Big majorities of Maine residents believe in global warming, think it is caused by human activities, and that it is harmful.
But public interest and concern with global warming slipped in 2025, according to new estimates from the Yale University Program on Climate Change Communication.
Senior program researcher Jennifer Marlon said waning attention to climate is a national trend.
“The numbers are not statistically significant, but when you look state by state, year by year in the recent time, there are declines,” Marlon said. “That is consistent with the decline in media coverage, the decline in politics, and leaders and decision makers talking about the issue.”
In 2025, 68% of people in Maine believed global warming is happening, a 4-point slide from the year before, according to the Yale projections.
There were similar decreases in the number of people who were worried about global warming, thought it was harmful and caused by human activity.
You can only scaremonger people for so long before they start losing interest, and, of course, really, the interest is mostly in theory, not practice. How many are actually living the climate cult life?
Marlon said “climate hushing” — avoiding or downplaying the issue on the part of corporations, media outlets and politicians — mean people are seeing and hearing less about global warming. Meanwhile, the U.S. and other parts of the world are facing bouts of dangerous heat, wildfires and other disasters made worse by a warming climate.
Marlon said in 2025 the proportion of people nationally who talk about global warming with their family and friends or see mentions of it in the media at least once a week hit the lowest point in the program’s 17-year history.
The media doesn’t need to talk about heavy metal for metal heads to care about it.
Teach the article says the decline is not significant.
My guess,? Is that the small decline is because people on Maine are more worried about the significant decline in the economy and putting food on the table
Economy “trumps’ other concerns and it sucks
The debate is NOT over. But your ignorant Mad King Donny WON the battle!
As a TV persoality whose greatest claim is as a highly rated Game Show host, Donny Distraction is a master of sleight of hand marketing. He knows to keep We, The People off balance as he focuses on enriching himself and tRumpInc.
We see the FIFA/Kushner multi-BILLION dollar grift collapsed before it could start!
“FIFA has canceled a $20 billion proposal to sell minority stakes in World Cup commercial operations to a private investor group led by Joshua Kushner, the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.The decision followed an intense global backlash, including a tournament boycott threat by European soccer’s governing body, UEFA.”
LOL! Our sage from St Louis wrote:
If he was so ignorant, how did he beat you guys?
A man twice elected President of the United States, and his “greatest claim” is as a highly rated Game Show host? The Trump Derangement Syndrome is hitting you pretty hard these days.
Our kook from K-Y igores that his Mad King (Sleepy Don) was a TV celebrity before he became president.
He won by cheating in 2016 and 2024 and was cheated out of 2020!!! Duh. All the presidential elections are rigged, according to Sleepy Don.
BTW, the horrible Clinton and Obama both whupped (2x each!) your super-smart GOPhers. Even Sleep Joe beat the “brilliant” Donny!
Big Donny will go down in history (if America has a history after this term) as the worst AND second worst presidents in history!! What a feat! 45 was a bit better than 47. After all, 45 ended the Covid pandemic.
We’re surprised 47 hasn’t invested more time and effort denigrating James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson and Warren G. Harding!! LOL.
Quick. Declare another climate emergency with a point of no return only 5 years away.