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Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas

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  • Darrick Evensen

    (University of Edinburgh
    Boston University)

  • Lorraine Whitmarsh

    (University of Bath)

  • Patrick Devine-Wright

    (University of Exeter)

  • Jen Dickie

    (University of Stirling)

  • Phil Bartie

    (Heriot-Watt University)

  • Colin Foad

    (University of Reading)

  • Mike Bradshaw

    (University of Warwick)

  • Stacia Ryder

    (Utah State University)

  • Adam Mayer

    (Michigan State University)

  • Adam Varley

    (University of Stirling)

Abstract

Tense global politics, spikes in gas prices and increasingly urgent warnings about climate change raise questions over the future use of natural gas. UK longitudinal survey data reveal that beliefs about climate change increasingly reduced support for gas extraction between 2019 and 2022. Mounting public connections between climate and gas use suggest growing opportunities for climate communication to lower support for all fossil fuels, not just the more carbon-intensive oil and coal.

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  • Darrick Evensen & Lorraine Whitmarsh & Patrick Devine-Wright & Jen Dickie & Phil Bartie & Colin Foad & Mike Bradshaw & Stacia Ryder & Adam Mayer & Adam Varley, 2023. "Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 13(3), pages 240-243, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:13:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1038_s41558-023-01622-7
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01622-7
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    1. Chad M. Baum & Livia Fritz & Sean Low & Benjamin K. Sovacool, 2024. "Public perceptions and support of climate intervention technologies across the Global North and Global South," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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