Post Carbon Fellow Brian Schwartz was quoted in this article on the threats posed to Americans by climate change as detailed in a recently released EPA study.

From the article:

The study also comes at an crucial stage in American perception of the issue, said Dr. Brian Schwartz, co-director at the Program on Global Sustainability and Health at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“We are at an interesting crossroads for climate policy in the U.S.,” Schwartz said. “On the one hand, Americans are increasingly worried about and paying attention to climate issues. Polling data demonstrate this concern. Americans are noticing the strange and extreme weather patterns, long and severe droughts, and reports that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising repeatedly to higher and higher unprecedented levels, now over 400 ppm as a worldwide average.