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Science + Technology - Saturday, October 24, 2009 2:23 - 0 Comments
Just 57% of US Residents See Evidence of Global Warming & 23% Know About Cap-and-Trade
by Matthew McDermott, New York, NY 
on 10.23.09
A new Pew Research poll shows that fewer US residents think there’s solid evidence for global warming than in previous years, with just 57% seeing climate change evidence. That’s down 20% since 2006 and down 14% since last year. Furthermore, only 36% of respondents thought that global warming was caused by human activity:
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