The more the left pushes climate change hysteria, the more skeptical Americans seem to get. That is the conclusion of a new Pew Research Center survey, which finds less than one-third (32%) of respondents believe scientists "understand very well" whether climate change is occurring. That is down from 37% two years ago. Other findings are even less encouraging for the climate science community. Only 24% believe scientists understand the causes of climate change very well, and just 13% say scientists know the best ways to address climate change.
Skepticism of climate change is nothing new, as even a Nobel winner recently questioned U.S. climate policy. Longtime climate skeptic Marc Morano, publisher of Climate Depot, believes this distrust of science has accelerated in recent years. "I think people are more skeptical of climate because of what they lived through first-hand in COVID," he tells KTRH. "We saw the highest levels of government suppressing, canceling, defunding, deplatforming scientists who dared to question the narrative."
"People know from COVID that not all epidemiologists and doctors agreed with Anthony Fauci, and they know instinctively that on climate, not all scientists agree with the United Nations or Al Gore's view," he continues.
During the pandemic, and especially when it comes to climate, we've often heard from the left that the 'science is settled.' But Morano argues it is that very attitude that has made the American public more unsettled with the so-called 'science.'
"When the government, corporations, and academia blend together on a narrative, and dissent is silenced, (the public) knows that's not to be trusted," says Morano. "And that is what they recognize in the climate world."
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