More People Begin To Believe What They Are Seeing
More Americans and most Republicans now believe in climate change
Veronic Stracqualursi w/Kevin Liptak, November 30, 2018 (CNN)
“…About 8 in 10 Americans believe the climate is changing, causing extreme weather. Two thirds of Republicans believe the same thing. A majority of Americans (54%) consider it a "very serious" problem, according to a Monmouth University poll…[The poll was conducted before the US government released its Fourth National Climate Assessment, warning of the devastating potential impacts of climate change, which the president] dismissed…But a majority of the president's party feels otherwise about climate change…64% of Republicans believe in climate change, compared to 49% in a 2015 Monmouth poll…
Belief in climate change continues to be higher among Democrats and independents, and there's a partisan split over how serious the issue of climate change is…Americans, however, remain divided on what is the main contributor to climate change…Democrats more than Republicans and independents think human activity is mainly to blame…Most Americans polled said they are in favor of the government doing more to reduce activities that are causing the climate to change and sea levels to rise, but a majority of Republicans, Democrats and independents lack confidence that the government can do so…” click here for more
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