Spin Me Again! More Americans Now Think Global Warming is Exaggerated
For all President Obama’s rhetoric of science being back in the White House spotlight, it sounds like much of America hasn’t quite gotten that message. A new poll from Gallup suggests that 41% of Americans think that the threat of Global Warming is exaggerated, the highest such number in a decade. Well, at least people now mostly accept that it’s happening, even if it’s not a big deal…
Take that, Science!
Not surprisingly, the numbers on urgency seem to be based on political party: 66% of Republicans now think the Global Warming concerns are overblown, whereas people who identify as Democrats are holding at around 20%. The political party that supports old energy doesn’t believe we need new energy… hmmmm…
It’s very easy for me, and for everyone else who clearly sees the logic behind the climate change science, to be frustrated by the war being waged on these facts by a coordinated series of commercial campaigns, and by the political factions who are allied with oil and coal interests. But my background is coming from the news, so it’s not surprising that it’s the mainstream media that makes this poll really stick in my craw.
March 14 2009 12:09 am | External Blogs
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