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Uncle Joe

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Sun Aug 25, 2019, 10:07 AM Aug 2019

An argument in support of a Climate Change debate.



A Growing Majority of Americans Think Global Warming is Happening and are Worried

Data from our Climate Change in the American Mind surveys show that, over the past five years, the proportion of Americans who think global warming is happening and who worry about it has increased sharply. During this time, Americans have become increasingly convinced that global warming is happening (+11 percentage points), is human-caused (+15), and that most scientists agree it is happening (+15). The proportion of Americans who say they have personally experienced the effects of global warming has also increased (+13).

A growing proportion of Americans are also worried about global warming (+16), feel it is personally important to them (+17), and think it will harm Americans in general (+12) and them personally (+11).



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For example, the 16-point increase in the proportion of Americans who are worried about global warming is largely the result of increased worry among both moderate/conservative Democrats (+19) and conservative Republicans (+18).



These trends demonstrate that large changes in public opinion are occurring among Americans across the political spectrum. A growing majority of Americans think that global warming is happening, understand it is human-caused, and are worried about its impacts—beliefs that are consistent with the findings of the 2018 National Climate Assessment, which found that climate change is already causing harm to communities in every region of the United States.


https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications/a-growing-majority-of-americans-think-global-warming-is-happening-and-are-worried/


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People who use their brain are worried.. DUH !!!!!!!!!! pangaia Aug 2019 #1
 

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1. People who use their brain are worried.. DUH !!!!!!!!!!
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