We are the 'yellow jersey' wearers in the climate change race

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n Tour de France terms, Australia has the climate change yellow jersey.

Australia has the "yellow jersey"
when  it comes to being
skeptical about climate change.

Yes, it is in the lead, it leads the world in that it has the most who deny climate science and refuse to acknowledge what human behaviour is doing to earth’s climate system.

EcoWatch reports: “Most people would probably hazard a guess at the U.S., what with its preponderance of climate-science-denying think tanks, conservative television and radio hosts, and politicians who think it’s all a hoax.

“But a new study that analyzed identical surveys carried out across 14 industrialized nations has found that when it comes to climate science denial, Australia tops the pile.

“Published in the journal Global Environmental Change, the study found that 17 percent of Australians were “climate skeptics.”

Read the EcoWatch story - “Which Country Has the Most Climate Deniers?”