More Americans say global warming exaggerated: pol
More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll
More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll
(Reuters) - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worriesTeam Canada jerseys are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout#x will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.
The new doubts come as President Barack Obama pressures Congress to produce legislation significantly cutting smokestack emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for climate change problems.
Gallup's survey was released on the same day that the Obama administration unveiled in Texas a public-private report underscoring threats to birds as climate change alters their habitat and food supply, pushing many species to extinction.
With congressional elections in November,Buy in Global, many lawmakers Team Canada jerseysare hesitant to take on a controversial energy and environment bill, especially if voter interest is waning.
Around the world, concerns about climate change have dipped as economic worries took higher priority, according to a Nielson/Oxford University survey in December, which found the highest concern was in Latin America and Asia-Pacific countries like the Philippines, where typhoons are a big threat.
While U.S. worries about climate change fell significantly in the Nielson poll, they did not come close to some eastern European countries such as Estonia, which ranked bottom.
In response to escalating attacks from global warming skeptics, the Union of Concerned Scientists on Thursday released a letter they said was signed by more than 2,000 climate scientists and economists, including some Nobel prize winners, urging the U.S. Senate to pass a climate change bill.
"The strength of the science on climate change compels us to warn the nation about the growing risk of irreversible consequences ... as temperatures Team Canada jerseysrise further, the scope and severity of global warming impacts#x will continue to accelerate," they wrote.
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