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Climate Crisis Denial Continues, Psychological Factors Explain Avoidance
2014-09-12 03:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bangor Daily News: Despite overwhelming scientific evidence supporting the existence of human caused climate change, some still vehemently deny its existence. In 2013, a Pew study that was cited by national media revealed that only 1 in 4 Americans see global warming as a threat. The reasons why are complex and varied, but with the right approach, should not prove to be insurmountable. Climate change will be front-and-center at the forthcoming Peoples Climate March, the largest climate march in history, slated for...
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A Psychological Speed Limit
2014-08-17 20:13:27| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
On average, vehicles seriously injure or kill someone in New York every two hours; last year, 173 pedestrians were killed. Last week Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed a bill allowing New York City to enact a citywide default speed limit of 25 miles per hour as part of its Vision Zero campaign to reduce traffic deaths to nil. When the speed at which a car strikes a pedestrian rises a mere 10 m.p.h. to 40 m.p.h. from 30 the chance of the pedestrians dying rises to 85 percent from 45. The real question is not absolute speed but appropriate speed. READ MORE The Article A Psychological Speed Limit appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Study finds 20-25% of EV range lost as psychological safety buffer; driver assistance systems could shrink that buffer
2014-02-23 19:30:46| Green Car Congress
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Air pollution and psychological distress during pregnancy
2013-10-08 02:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Maternal psychological distress combined with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy have an adverse impact on the child's behavioral development, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. The study, which appears in the journal Pediatrics, reports that maternal demoralization, a measure of psychological distress capable of affecting a mother's ability to cope with stressful situations, was linked with a number...
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Rutgers follow-up study shows Sandy's psychological effects
2013-09-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Philadelphia Inquirer: Hurricanes can flood homes, tear down boardwalks, make beaches disappear. They might also shape people's beliefs about climate change and their attitudes toward "green" policies, suggests new research from a Rutgers psychology professor. In a pair of studies by Laurie A. Rudman, a psychology professor at the New Brunswick campus, students were asked their opinions of climate change and asked whether they would vote for a fictional "green" politician over one who opposed policies such as raising...
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