Americans, Iraqis, Palestinians Biggest Yawners on Climate Change

onJul 30, 2009 @ 06:44 PDT

A majority of peoples around the world – 73 % – want their governments to put action on climate change at the top of the political agenda, a new global public opinion poll suggests. Unfortunately Americans are not necessarily among them. Only 44% of Americans thought climate change should be a major preoccupation for the Obama administration, the survey co-ordinated by the University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes said. The only other two countries unwilling to see their governments make climate change a top focus were Iraq and the Palestinian territories.

By Ross Gelbspan

Analysis

Danielle Smith Is Betraying Rural Alberta To Build Gas-Powered Data Centres

ByMitch Anderson

onApr 28, 2026 @ 10:35 PDT

The premier is tossing aside the constituents who voted for her to grant favours to tech and fossil fuel executives.

uk/Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million

ByAdam Barnett

onApr 28, 2026 @ 08:49 PDT

Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.

us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis

ByDeSmog

onApr 27, 2026 @ 10:42 PDT

Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.

French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate

ByCécile Marchand

onApr 23, 2026 @ 21:50 PDT

A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.

Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

Series: Advertising & PR Industry