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procon

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6. Climate change isn't a joke.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #4)

Fri Dec 9, 2016, 11:03 AM

Dec 2016

It's not hopeless either:

At least 70 percent of Americans now believe that global warming during the last 40 years is real and supported by solid evidence, coinciding with the lowest percentage of Americans who doubt climate change, according to a new poll released this week.

https://thinkprogress.org/poll-finds-fewer-americans-than-ever-doubt-climate-change-is-happening-16257790947d#.r742b7qhy

Since you seem to be in the mood for polls this morning, here's one that is actually factual as well as useful:

Acceptance of Global Warming Among Americans Reaches Highest Level Since 2008

http://closup.umich.edu/files/ieep-nsee-2015-fall-climate-belief.pdf

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Do you approve or disapprove of Trump naming a climate change denier to head the E P A ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 OP

Do you seriously have to ask? :) MANative Dec 2016 #1

Trump's cabinet picks would be comical if this wasn't such a serious matter. think Dec 2016 #2

Its a pointless and unproductive question. procon Dec 2016 #3

I am trying to inject hope and levity into a hopeless situation. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #4

Climate change isn't a joke. procon Dec 2016 #6

Trump is hopeless./nt DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #7

Here's one idea: OldHippieChick Dec 2016 #5

Dems need a broad and comprehensive national policy on climate change. procon Dec 2016 #9

Republicans can keep people stupid longer than we can stay above water. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #10

Well, it's defeatist attitudes that OldHippieChick Dec 2016 #11

You've jumped to conclusions that were never presented, but procon Dec 2016 #12

All well and good, but we have to do OldHippieChick Dec 2016 #13

Trump won and has a right to appoint and the Senate has to give consent. CK_John Dec 2016 #8

Those who have followed my intemperate writing over on E&E GliderGuider Dec 2016 #14