Previous research suggests that climate skeptics may hold a series of environmental concerns and support for environmental policy that, if engaged with, could serve to (in part) mitigate climate change. Using a unique data set from an online survey of 1,000 adults in the U.S. Pacific Northwest who are uncertain or skeptical of anthropogenic climate change, we explore the diversity of environmental concerns, environmental behaviors, and support for pro-environmental policy within and among those who do not accept climate science. Our results reveal statistically significant and consistent positive effects of (negative) environmental experiences on climate change skeptics’ environmental concerns, behaviors, and policy support. We also find that, among climate skeptics, religious ideation, conspiracy ideation, science distrust, political ideology (conservative), and gender (men) are negatively associated with certain pro-environmental attitudes, behaviors, and support for pro-environmental policy initiatives. We discuss the implications of these findings for climate change and science communication, environmental campaigns, and policy development.

先前的研究表明，气候怀疑论者可能会对环境产生一系列担忧，并为环境政策提供支持，如果与之互动，将有助于（部分地）缓解气候变化。我们使用对美国太平洋西北地区1,000名不确定或怀疑人为气候变化的成年人进行的在线调查得出的独特数据集，探讨了环境问题，环境行为的多样性，以及内部和环境之间对环保政策的支持那些不接受气候科学的人。我们的研究结果表明，（负面）环境经验对气候变化怀疑论者的环境关切，行为和政策支持具有统计意义且一致的积极影响。我们还发现，在气候怀疑论者中，宗教观念，阴谋观念，科学不信任，政治意识形态（保守）和性别（男性）与某些亲环境态度，行为和对亲环境政策倡议的支持呈负相关。我们讨论了这些发现对气候变化和科学传播，环境运动以及政策制定的意义。