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To: locogringo who wrote (970148)	10/4/2016 8:07:45 PM
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Same poll? I like the results. "Americans all across the political spectrum -- more than 80 percent of them -- would like to see more solar panel farms and more wind turbine farms." Americans on climate change: A country divided, some in denial -- poll BY JOEL CONNELLY, SEATTLEPI.COM Updated 3:14 pm, Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Photo: Matt Snyder, AP A vast fire burns last summer in Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic Alaska is warming faster than any other corner of America. Yet, a new Pew Research Center poll shows that a substantial number of Americans are still in denial that the warning of the earth will cause/is causing droughts, damage to forests, several storms and harm to wildlife and their habitats. America is divided on climate change and whether human activity is causing it, with conservative Republicans expressing disbelief in the findings of climate science, according to a national Pew Research Center poll released on Tuesday. "Specifically, the survey finds wide political divides in views of the potential for devastation to the Earth's ecosystems and what might be done to address any climate impacts," the survey reported. Asked whether they agree or disagree with the statement, "Earth is warming mostly due to human activity," just 15 percent of conservative Republicans said yes. Sixty-three percent of moderate Democrats and 79 percent of liberal Democrats agreed. The survey ran down consequences of climate change, some already witnessed in dying forests and growing droughts. Only 16 percent of conservative Republicans agreed that "more droughts" are "very likely" due to global warming. Just 19 percent believe that damage to forests and plant life is "very likely" and that storms are likely to become more severe. The public is also divided on proposed solutions and mitigation measures as the Earth warms: --A big majority of progressive Democrats, and a narrower majority of moderates in both parties, agreed that restrictions on power plant emissions can make a "big difference" in addressing climate change. Just 29 percent of conservative Republicans agreed. --International agreement to limit carbon emissions, such as the accord signed in Paris last December, was endorsed by 71 percent of progressive Democrats, 55 percent of moderate Democrats and 45 percent of moderate Republicans. Only 27 percent of conservative Republicans agreed. --Just 27 percent of conservative Republicans endorsed tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars. Support was far higher among moderates of both parties and progressive Democrats. The partisan cleavage was most apparent in levels of concern over climate change. Thirty-six percent of those surveyed said they are concerned "a great deal" about climate change, with another 38 percent voicing some concern about the warming of the Earth. Democrats were far more inclined to answer "a great deal." "Those with deep concerns about climate issues are much more inclined to hold climate scientists and their work in positive regard," Pew found. "Two thirds (67%) of this more climate-engaged public trusts climate scientists a lot to provide full and accurate information about the causes of climate change; this compares with 33 percent of those who care some, and 9 percent of those with little concern about the issue." The survey found one area of agreement. Americans all across the political spectrum -- more than 80 percent of them -- would like to see more solar panel farms and more wind turbine farms. (Washington is becoming a major wind generator, with windmills in Kittitas County and along the Washington-Oregon border south of Pasco.) The fossil fuel and nuclear industries, despite massive advertising and great power in Congress, lack public support, the poll found. Americans oppose more offshore oil drilling by a 52-45 percent margin. They oppose more fracking by a 53-42 percent margin, and more coal mining by a big 57-41 percent margin. More nuclear power plants are opposed by a 54-43 percent margin. A broad scientific consensus has developed, that human activity causes climate changes, and that its consequences will be felt more quickly than even the most pessimistic scientists predicted just a few years ago. The scientists' consensus has yet to reach America's political right. The poll was conducted between May 10 and June 6, and involved 1,534 adult Americans seattlepi.com