• Skip to Content
  • Skip to Main Navigation
  • Skip to Search

Indiana University Indiana University IU

Open Search
  • Who We Are
    • Leadership
      • Past Leadership
    • Advisory Boards
    • Researchers
      • Affiliates
    • Staff
    • Vision & Mission
    • Careers
  • Who We Work With
    • Businesses and Nonprofits
    • Educators
    • Faculty
      • EPIC Request for Applications
      • Research development
    • Local Governments
      • ERI Toolkit
      • Hoosier Resilience Index
      • Webinars
      • Beat the Heat
    • Residents
      • Hoosier Resilience Heroes
    • Students
  • Research
    • Wildlife Migration
    • Pests and Invasive Species
    • Climate and Water Systems
    • Forests and Green Infrastructure
    • Human Impacts and Attitudes
    • Communication, Education, and Outreach
  • Tools & Resources
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Newsletters
  • Support Our Work
    • Individuals and Families
    • Corporations
    • Foundations
    • Ways to Give
    • Contact
  • Contact
  • Donate

Environmental Resilience Institute
Part of the Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge

  • Home
  • Who We Are
    • Leadership
    • Advisory Boards
    • Researchers
    • Staff
    • Vision & Mission
    • Careers
  • Who We Work With
    • Businesses and Nonprofits
    • Educators
    • Faculty
    • Local Governments
    • Residents
    • Students
  • Research
    • Wildlife Migration
    • Pests and Invasive Species
    • Climate and Water Systems
    • Forests and Green Infrastructure
    • Human Impacts and Attitudes
    • Communication, Education, and Outreach
  • Tools & Resources
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Newsletters
  • Support Our Work
    • Individuals and Families
    • Corporations
    • Foundations
    • Ways to Give
    • Contact
  • Search
  • Contact
  • Donate
  • Home
  • News & Events
  • News
  • Archive
  • 2020
  • Evansville residents among most skeptical in the state on climate change

Evansville residents among most skeptical in the state on climate change

By: Evansville Courier and Press

Saturday, September 05, 2020

The ERI house on a sunny day.

Residents of Evansville are less likely to believe the climate is changing, and if it is, that humans are the cause, when compared to most of the rest of the state, according to an Indiana University survey.

The survey was conducted by IU's Environmental Resilience Institute between August and December 2019. It includes many of Indiana's most populated metropolitan areas, including Evansville.

Although 75 percent of Hoosiers across the state responded that they believed climate change is occurring, just 68 percent of Evansville residents surveyed said they believed climate change is happening, while 22 percent of Evansville residents thought human activities were the cause. That compares to 34 percent statewide.

Only the South Bend-Mishawaka area had fewer residents than Evansville who believed the climate is changing. By comparison, residents in larger metropolitan areas such as Northwest Indiana, closer to Chicago, and New Albany-Jeffersonville, part of the Louisville area, showed more belief that climate change is happening and that humans are causing or partly causing it.

Read the full article

Environmental Resilience Institute Part of the Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge resources

  • Environmental Resilience Institute Toolkit (ERIT)
  • Hoosier Resilience Index
  • Webinars

Additional links and resources

  • ERI INTRANET
  • GRAND CHALLENGES
Donation button to Give Now to Environmental Resilience Institute
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn

Indiana University

Accessibility | Privacy Notice | Copyright © 2022 The Trustees of Indiana University

  • Who We Are
    • Leadership
      • Past Leadership
    • Advisory Boards
    • Researchers
      • Affiliates
    • Staff
    • Vision & Mission
    • Careers
  • Who We Work With
    • Businesses and Nonprofits
    • Educators
    • Faculty
      • EPIC Request for Applications
      • Research development
    • Local Governments
      • ERI Toolkit
      • Hoosier Resilience Index
      • Webinars
      • Beat the Heat
    • Residents
      • Hoosier Resilience Heroes
    • Students
  • Research
    • Wildlife Migration
    • Pests and Invasive Species
    • Climate and Water Systems
    • Forests and Green Infrastructure
    • Human Impacts and Attitudes
    • Communication, Education, and Outreach
  • Tools & Resources
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
    • Newsletters
  • Support Our Work
    • Individuals and Families
    • Corporations
    • Foundations
    • Ways to Give
    • Contact
  • Contact
  • Donate