This is an extremely important assignment! I haven't seen Glen Beck's documentary but he and other's like him have been very influential on the public attitude about climate change. Consider these statistics: some 35% of Americans continues to believe - wrongly it turns out - that climate change remains a matter of scientific controversy. Only about 47% of the public views climate change as a very serious problem, a finding that has remained stable over the years, the survey said. In other public opinion polls over the years, climate change has ranked near the bottom of the list of pressing problems.
The Pew poll, like others in the past, also found attitudes towards climate change breaking down according to political allegiance. Some 67% of Republicans either deny the existence of climate change or attribute the phenomenon to natural causes. In contrast, 64% of Democrats believe that the earth is getting warmer because of human activity.
I'm sure you are as horrified and I am! Even though the majority of Democrats acknowledge climate change and attribute it to human activity I'm stunned that there is still not a 100% consensus!
This is an extremely important assignment! I haven't seen Glen Beck's documentary but he and other's like him have been very influential on the public attitude about climate change. Consider these statistics:
ReplyDeletesome 35% of Americans continues to believe - wrongly it turns out - that climate change remains a matter of scientific controversy. Only about 47% of the public views climate change as a very serious problem, a finding that has remained stable over the years, the survey said. In other public opinion polls over the years, climate change has ranked near the bottom of the list of pressing problems.
The Pew poll, like others in the past, also found attitudes towards climate change breaking down according to political allegiance. Some 67% of Republicans either deny the existence of climate change or attribute the phenomenon to natural causes. In contrast, 64% of Democrats believe that the earth is getting warmer because of human activity.
I'm sure you are as horrified and I am! Even though the majority of Democrats acknowledge climate change and attribute it to human activity I'm stunned that there is still not a 100% consensus!