"An Inconvenient Truth" Increases Knowledge, Concern, and Willingness to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-658

  Nolan, Jessica M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation behavior; global warming; knowledge deficit theory

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDIA ROLE; TRAINING;

EID: 77955582621     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916509357696     Document Type: Article

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