Political Science 2137 Lecture Notes - Environmental Policy, Environmental Politics, Overfishing
19 Mar 2014
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Media portrayed/framed hurricane sandy as once in a generation . The storm has been framed as freak of nature , happens once in many, many generations. The general public did not blame climate change. Climate change came up, but only in the periphery (aside) Makes it difficult to absorb, difficult to discuss. For climate scientists: idea is that frequency at which these freak storms are occurring is increasing points to change in climate. The decades of climate evidence to corroborate the changing scenarios. *how science is brought into politics and how politics reflects science* On the right: the cover of spectator, a british magazine. It says relax: global warming is all a myth . Why global warming has become an issue when science is portrayed as disputing. We are seeing it, we understand it, we are processing it, but not retaining that information.
