Pro-gay, pro-climate change reform: no thanks.
There is now a network of outlets stridently pro-climate science denial.
· A pro-climate action position wins votes among Democrats and Independents, and has little negative impact with Republican voters.
The full report can be downloaded here: The Political Benefits of Taking a Pro-Climate Stand in 2012.
Environmental groups have wasted time trying to recruit big business and billionaires to adopt pro-climate measures, she says.
Last week, the Yale Project on Climate Communication issued a memo that appears to have been read at the White House: "The Political Benefits to Taking a Pro-Climate Stand in 2013".
The short answer is that – at the national level and among ten key swing states – taking a pro-climate stand appears to benefit candidates more than hurt them with registered voters.
Then the green billionaire mega-donor Tom Steyer began backing climate-friendly candidates, though he didn't have a lot to show after spending $74m on pro-climate candidates in the midterm elections.
Tony Abbott and Trudeau's predecessor Stephen Harper combined in international forums to defeat pro-climate change motions, but unlike Trudeau Turnbull does not yet have the comfort of his own election victory to forge his own policy path.
One could argue that proponents of international pro-climate change networks advocate climate change actions that can be undertaken by local governments, which encourages public officials or civil servants from local governments to adopt them.
FIRST LOOK at the latest pro-climate ad: Iranian radicals dancing to Kool and the Gang's "Celebration".
