The Heartland Institute’s Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, Chris Talgo, and Linnea Lueken present episode 446 of the In The Tank Podcast. In honor of Earth Day (Week? Month?), we are taking a look at the State of the Climate Alarmism agenda. How is climate change currently resonating with the general public? How successful are its advocates in getting climate action done? And what does the future look like for the climate alarmist movement?

PRIMARY TOPIC - 2024 STATE OF CLIMATE ALARMISM 

Public perception

CBS News - CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-reduce-climate-change-extreme-weather-04-21-2024/

IR Magazine - Earth Day poll finds waning global interest in climate change, but most still want businesses to act

https://www.irmagazine.com/esg/earth-day-poll-finds-waning-global-interest-climate-change-most-still-want-businesses-act

Pew Research - What the data says about Americans’ views of climate change

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/08/09/what-the-data-says-about-americans-views-of-climate-change/

Public outreach

Fox News - Climate activists have new target in mind for major summer protest: 'Make their lives miserable'

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/climate-activists-new-target-mind-major-summer-protest-make-lives-miserable

Washington Post - What John Kerry’s exit means for the global climate fight

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/03/04/john-kerry-climate-change-china/

The Guardian - 'Only the beginning': Greta Thunberg reacts to court ruling on Swiss climate inaction – video

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2024/apr/09/only-the-beginning-thunberg-reacts-to-court-ruling-on-state-climate-inaction-video

Success?

Energy Mix

https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix

The Hill - Biden administration plans to tee up offshore wind across the nation’s coastlines

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4616379-biden-administration-plans-to-tee-up-offshore-wind-across-the-nations-coastlines/

Tesla reports 55 % drop in profit as Chinese competitors dominate

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2024/tesla-q1-report-sees-first-revenue-decline-in-years-for-ev-giant