Mark Petrik and Dennis Smith dig out their south Buffalo driveway on Saturday, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new study found that Americans are more willing to adapt to extreme weather events, such as the record snowfall that buried Buffalo last week, than take steps to curb climate change.  Credit: Mike Groll/AP

Mark Petrik and Dennis Smith dig out their south Buffalo driveway on Saturday, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new study found that Americans are more willing to adapt to extreme weather events, such as the record snowfall that buried Buffalo last week, than take steps to curb climate change.
Credit: Mike Groll/AP

Scientists, policymakers, and activists been holding out hope that an increase in extreme weather events might prompt Americans to embrace policies that curb greenhouse-gas emissions. They may be waiting a long time, a new study suggests.

Americans generally may be more ready to adapt to extreme weather and climate events, which are projected to become more frequent with global warming, than to curb greenhouse-gas emissions […]

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