Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Rita Allen Foundation Funds Study to Understand Rejection of Climate Change
Climate Central, a Palmer Square-based nonprofit group devoted to studying climate change, has joined several other scientific groups in a study that seeks to understand why many members of the public reject the findings of the scientific community in favor of unsubstantiated beliefs, in particular those surrounding climate science.
The project is partly funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, a Nassau Street-based philanthropy that aims to solve global problems.
It has provided assistance to Climate Central before, including a 2014 grant of $250,000...