March 17, 2010
(global warming news) Poll: Nearly Half the Country Believe Global Warming Threat Exaggerated - ChattahBox
And more than a third of the country believe that the devastating effects of global warming
won't come to fruition. The poll found that 48 percent of Americans feel that the scientific basis for global warming is exaggerated. The sharp increase in the number of Americans who question global warming , comes at a time when President Obama is seeking to implement cap-and-trade legislation to lower carbon emissions and invest in clean energy technologies. But with the poor economy and the high unemployment rate on the minds of most Americans, global warming deniers have been successful in fearmongering the claim that cap-and-trade legislation would take away jobs. And bolstering the results of the global warming poll; a new Gallup poll on Americans' views towards the environment show that fewer people are worried about it.
won't come to fruition. The poll found that 48 percent of Americans feel that the scientific basis for global warming is exaggerated. The sharp increase in the number of Americans who question global warming , comes at a time when President Obama is seeking to implement cap-and-trade legislation to lower carbon emissions and invest in clean energy technologies. But with the poor economy and the high unemployment rate on the minds of most Americans, global warming deniers have been successful in fearmongering the claim that cap-and-trade legislation would take away jobs. And bolstering the results of the global warming poll; a new Gallup poll on Americans' views towards the environment show that fewer people are worried about it.
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