Support for Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay for Climate Damages

Provided by: Yale Program on Climate Change Communication |Published on: April 27, 2021

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Synopsis

This map from Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows how Americans feel about making fossil fuel companies pay for climate damage.
The map is interactive. Students can zoom in and click on different demographic areas to view data by metro area, congressional district, state, or county.

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Subjects: Economics, Geography

Authors: Xinran Wang, Anthony Leiserowitz

Region: North America, United States

Languages: English

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Positives

This beautiful interactive map is incredibly useful in exploring Americans' attitudes on the question "who should pay for climate change?"
Students will enjoy interacting with the map because they can view local climate opinions as well as climate opinions from any other place in the United States.

Prerequisites

On the left side, students can sort by national, state, congressional district, metro area, or county.
Teachers should remind students to pay careful attention to how the key changes when a new question is selected.

Differentiation & Implementation

This map can be used at the end of a climate change lesson to show the link between burning fossil fuels and climate change. Students can interact with their map while responding to the following prompt: who should pay for climate change?
Social studies classes can discuss the connection between the opinions in each region and the local industries in that region.
Other resources on this topic include this video on carbon taxes and this video on who should pay to fix climate change.

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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication conducts scientific research on public opinion and behavior. They also engage the public in climate change science and solutions, in partnerships with governments, media, companies, and civil society.

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Support for Making Fossil Fuel Companies Pay for Climate Damages

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