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Doubt Rising on Global Warming

But majority still believes in it, wants action

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2009 9:50 AM CST

(Newser) – An overwhelming majority of Americans believe in global warming, but that majority has grown a bit smaller. According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, 72% of the country believes global warming is happening, down from 80% last year. A smaller majority, 55%, believe the US should act to curb its carbon output, even if developing countries like India and China don’t.

Belief in climate change peaked three-and-a-half years ago, but it’s fallen since thanks to shifts in the Republican Party. Among Republicans, it has fallen from 76% to 54%, while it’s declined from 86% to 71% among independents, but only 92% to 86% among Democrats. Republican respondents frequently say that they believe the Earth is warming, but attribute it to natural causes.

A polar bear walks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department considers the polar bear a threatened species, because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.
A polar bear walks in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Interior Department considers the polar bear a threatened species, because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.   (AP Photo/Subhankar Banerjee, File)
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cognitivefilter
Nov 27, 2009 8:16 AM CST
lighten up, twat
ende
Nov 27, 2009 1:51 AM CST
@divetrader: Anthropogenic CO2 emissions account for less than 5 of total CO2 emissions (actually closer to 3%, though the figure varies).
cognitivefilter
Nov 26, 2009 12:47 PM CST
i dunno, drowning polar bears was what convinced me. when polar bears can find solid ground to rest on, i will believe global warming is over. until then i feel really bad for polar bears.

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