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Americans Will Vote Climate-Loving Politicians, New Poll Suggests
2015-01-30 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Most Americans support government action to combat the effects of global warming and will likely vote for candidates who put forth a promising stance on environmental issues, a new poll has found. The telephone poll -- conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future -- surveyed 1,006 adults across the nation from Jan. 7 to 22. Participants were asked questions such as whether they think climate change is human-caused,...
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Big Gap Between What Scientists Say and Americans Think About Climate Change
2015-01-30 16:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: There is good and bad news for climate scientists. The good news: Most Americans (79 percent) say that science and scientists are invaluable. The bad news: On controversial topics such as climate change, a significant number of Americans do not use science to inform their views. Instead, they use political orientation and ideology, which are reflected in their level of education, to decide whether humans are driving planetary warming. This comes from a public opinion poll released yesterday by...
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New poll finds most Americans want government to fight climate change
2015-01-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yahoo: Sen. Rand Paul has called the science behind it not conclusive. Sen. Ted Cruz has denied its existence. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has previously presented himself as a skeptic. And both Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan have spoken out against any kind of federal regulation or taxes aimed at stopping it. The it is climate change. All these members of the Grand Old Party have expressed interest in throwing their hats in the 2016 presidential race. And while their...
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Most Americans Support Government Action on Climate Change, Poll Finds
2015-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: An overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future. In a finding that could have implications for the 2016 presidential campaign, the poll also found that two-thirds of Americans say they are more likely to vote for political candidates who campaign on fighting climate...
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As gasoline prices drop, Americans swing favor oil exports: Poll
2015-01-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Americans are more likely than ever to favor easing a ban on exporting crude oil, so long as it does not lead to higher gasoline prices that have recently sunk to near $2 a gallon, according to a new Reuters-IPSOS poll. In questions posed to more than 2,000 voting-age Americans earlier this month, around 45 percent generally agreed that oil drillers should be allowed to export domestic crude abroad, while just over 30 percent broadly disagreed. In September, supporters and opponents were both at...
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