How Brits remain more worried about climate change than their American counterparts

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New study from Yale University compares US and UK attitudes to climate change to reveal the UK is more aware and concerned about escalating climate impacts

Brits are more concerned about climate change and its impacts than Americans, a new study from Yale University has found. The report - titled Climate Change in the British Mind - found 80 per cent of...

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