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applegrove

(118,792 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2019, 02:22 AM Jan 2019

Global Warming Concerns Rise Among Americans in New Poll

Global Warming Concerns Rise Among Americans in New Poll

By John Schwartz at the NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/climate/americans-global-warming-poll.html

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A record number of Americans understand that climate change is real, according to a new survey, and they are increasingly worried about its effects in their lives today.

Some 73 percent of Americans polled late last year said that global warming was happening, the report found, a jump of 10 percentage points from 2015 and three points since last March.

The rise in the number of Americans who say global warming is personally important to them was even sharper, jumping nine percentage points since March to 72 percent, another record over the past decade.

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Global Warming Concerns Rise Among Americans in New Poll (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP

Are they worried because their flowering plants and trees are blooming months out of season? Jeffersons Ghost Jan 2019 #1

New Brazil President is planning on expanding agricultural works in the applegrove Jan 2019 #3

To bad the TV networks can't be bothered to cover Raine Jan 2019 #2

I think the GOP like the super noise machine that is Trump. Nothing applegrove Jan 2019 #4

Jeffersons Ghost

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1. Are they worried because their flowering plants and trees are blooming months out of season?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:10 AM

Jan 2019

Or, does the fact that rivers, streams and even drinking-water reservoirs are increasingly full of chemicals and pollutants bother respondents?

applegrove

(118,792 posts)

3. New Brazil President is planning on expanding agricultural works in the

Reply to Jeffersons Ghost (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:31 AM

Jan 2019

Amazon rainforest even further....the lungs of the planet. That should go well.

Raine

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2. To bad the TV networks can't be bothered to cover

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:26 AM

Jan 2019

it regularly, they should have a segment every evening dedicated to the environment and what's happening to it.

applegrove

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4. I think the GOP like the super noise machine that is Trump. Nothing

Reply to Raine (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:32 AM

Jan 2019

but him gets talked about.

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