Thursday, August 25, 2011

Raging climate debate fails to sway public

New surveys suggest Australians have largely maintained the same attitudes about climate change in the past year, despite increasing controversy over the science and politics.

Professor Iain Walker of CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences in Perth says the findings fly in the face of concerns that debate in the media is unduly swaying people's attitudes.

"The data seem to indicate that heated highly visible public 'argy-bargy' has done little to shift the broad constellation of beliefs in the public," he said.

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