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People ready to act on climate change.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: People ready to act on climate change.(Local Opinion)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Bob Doppelt For The Register-Guard

A flurry of e-mails flashed across my computer last week from people distressed about the lack of progress on global warming. Call me an optimist, but I don't see things this way. I think we are on the verge of taking big steps toward tackling the problem.

Experts in behavioral change know that people progress through fairly predictable stages when making a major shift. They normally start in a stage of disinterest. They don't know a problem exists, don't think it's serious, or have little interest in changing.

A 2007 ABC/Washington Post/Stanford University poll found that only about 17 percent of the U.S. population is "not concerned" or "not too concerned" about global warming. Few people...

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