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Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/22/09 | Dina Cappiello - ap

Posted on 10/22/2009 3:34:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming. Just 57 percent think there is solid evidence the world is getting warmer, down 20 points in just three years, a new poll says. And the share of people who believe pollution caused by humans is causing temperatures to rise has also taken a dip, even as the U.S. and world forums gear up for possible action against climate change.

In a poll of 1,500 adults by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, released Thursday, the number of people saying there is strong scientific evidence that the Earth has gotten warmer over the past few decades is down from 71 percent in April of last year and from 77 percent when Pew started asking the question in 2006. The number of people who see the situation as a serious problem also has declined.

The steepest drop has occurred during the past year, as Congress and the Obama administration have taken steps to control heat-trapping emissions for the first time and international negotiations for a new treaty to slow global warming have been under way. At the same time, there has been mounting scientific evidence of climate change — from melting ice caps to the world's oceans hitting the highest monthly recorded temperatures this summer.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: belief; climatechange; cooling; globalwarming; pew; poll
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1 posted on 10/22/2009 3:34:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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This just confirms there remain an inordinately hugh number of ignorant, gullible and dishonest people that can be hustled with ease..


2 posted on 10/22/2009 3:35:30 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: steelyourfaith

ping.


3 posted on 10/22/2009 3:36:08 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Global warming. It’s the new Y2K.


4 posted on 10/22/2009 3:37:07 PM PDT by johniegrad
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Hey, Miliband, 'Prove It!? No, Shove It!

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband attends the launch of the Science Museum's new exhibition 'Prove It!' on climate change in London. Miliband unveiled an interactive map Thursday demonstrating the impact of global warming in decades to come, to underline the looming threat. (AFP/Shaun Curry)


5 posted on 10/22/2009 3:38:57 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge

It means there are fewer stupid and gullible people on this globe....


6 posted on 10/22/2009 3:39:19 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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Save us, Obama!

A polar bear sits on the ice in Manitoba, Canada. The United States and Britain insisted Monday they had not given up on securing a deal to tackle climate change at a crunch summit in December after a meeting of major polluting countries in London. (AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)


7 posted on 10/22/2009 3:40:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge

Whatever happened to FR’s chief AGW proponent?
I forgot his name.
Did he melt?


8 posted on 10/22/2009 3:40:16 PM PDT by AlexW (Now in the Philippines . Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
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A proponent of 'Hopenhagen'

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the Major Economies Forum in central London October 19, 2009. World leaders must intervene to rescue flagging climate talks by brokering in person a deal to combat global warming in Copenhagen in December, Brown said on Monday. REUTERS/Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool (BRITAIN POLITICS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT HEADSHOT)


9 posted on 10/22/2009 3:41:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge
It’s just that people trust the data showing no warming for a decade and recent cooling more than they trust a bunch of computer models and scientists raking in the grant money.
10 posted on 10/22/2009 3:43:20 PM PDT by colorado tanker (Mr. Flyingsaucerballoonboymediawhoreman - this Bud's for you!)
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To: johniegrad
The Maldives may be underwater as the ice caps melt.. sooooo ..

Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed signs the decree of the underwater cabinet meeting off Girifushi Island on October 17. Nasheed is emerging as the global stuntman in the battle against climate change. (AFP/HO)


11 posted on 10/22/2009 3:43:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: NormsRevenge
Now there's a "mal dive"!!
12 posted on 10/22/2009 3:47:00 PM PDT by sourcery (Those whom the gods would destroy they first make socialist...)
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To: NormsRevenge

If carbon dioxide is the problem, shouldn’t he be chained to the desk?


13 posted on 10/22/2009 3:48:38 PM PDT by benewton
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To: NormsRevenge

That’s just silly!

All the enviro-nazis recognized the earth was cooling years ago!

That’s why the phrase was changed from “global warming” to “global climate change”.

That way they can explain away all the early and late season snow storms and blizzards.

As for the recent lack of hurricanes, they just ignore that fact and pretend it doesn’t exist!


14 posted on 10/22/2009 3:48:45 PM PDT by airborne (I'm from an older generation. When killing the enemy was a good thing!/I><P>So "We the People" need)
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To: NormsRevenge; SouthTexas
Psssttt... Wanna buy some offshore property near Humboldt Bay. Comes with running water and municipal sewer service...
15 posted on 10/22/2009 3:56:34 PM PDT by tubebender (Santa Claus is always jolly cause he knows where all the bad girls live...)
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To: NormsRevenge
This just confirms there remain an inordinately hugh number of ignorant, gullible and dishonest people that can be hustled with ease..

This level of national ignorance was brought to you courtesy of a corrupt educational system and unionized self-styled "educators".

16 posted on 10/22/2009 4:02:29 PM PDT by Starboard
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To: rdl6989; FrPR; enough_idiocy; Desdemona; Little Bill; IrishCatholic; Normandy; ...
Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

17 posted on 10/22/2009 4:19:04 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison!)
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To: NormsRevenge

18 posted on 10/22/2009 4:20:07 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: NormsRevenge
At the same time, there has been mounting scientific evidence of climate change — from melting ice caps to the world's oceans hitting the highest monthly recorded temperatures this summer.

Just another impartial report from the oh-so-dependable AP. No need to ask for supporting evidence. Everybody knows the debate is over.

19 posted on 10/22/2009 4:28:49 PM PDT by Rocky (OBAMA: Succeeding where bin Laden failed.)
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To: tubebender; NormsRevenge

TB I just might considering it’s getting cooler now.
I’ll never get ocean front property if the seas don’t rise 40’!


20 posted on 10/22/2009 5:06:17 PM PDT by SouthTexas (The IOC is racist!)
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