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Global warming is 'more polarizing than abortion and gay marriage' to Americans

  • 10% of Americans are dismissive, rejecting the concept of warming
  • Repeated tweets of presidential nominee Donald Trump have called global warming a 'hoax' 

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PUBLISHED: 23:35 EST, 14 August 2016 | UPDATED: 13:41 EST, 15 August 2016

 

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Tempers are rising in America, along with the temperatures.

Two decades ago, the issue of climate change wasn't as contentious. 

The leading U.S. Senate proponent of taking action on global warming was Republican John McCain. George W. Bush wasn't as zealous on the issue as his Democratic opponent for president in 2000, Al Gore, but he, too, talked of regulating carbon dioxide.

Then the Earth got even hotter , repeatedly breaking temperature records. 

But instead of drawing closer together, politicians polarized.

 
This image provided by the National Weather Service shows temperatures in the continental United States during a heat wave on Friday, July 22, 2016. The weather service outlook for the following three months shows above normal temperatures across the country. (National Weather Service via AP)
 
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This image provided by the National Weather Service shows temperatures in the continental United States during a heat wave on Friday, July 22, 2016. The weather service outlook for the following three months shows above normal temperatures across the country. (National Weather Service via AP)

WHAT AMERICA THINKS 

17 percent of Americans, the fastest-growing group, are alarmed by climate change and want action now, based on surveys by Yale and George Mason University.

Another 28 percent are concerned, thinking it's a man-made threat, but somewhat distant in time and place. 

Twenty-seven percent are cautious, still on the fence, and 11 percent are doubtful. 

An often-vocal 10 percent are dismissive, rejecting the concept of warming and the science. 

And about 7 percent are disengaged, not even paying attention because they've got more pressing needs.

Democrats (and scientists) became more convinced that global warming was a real, man-made threat . 

But Republicans and Tea Party activists became more convinced that it was — to quote the repeated tweets of presidential nominee Donald Trump — a 'hoax.' 

A Republican senator tossed a snowball on the Senate floor for his proof.

When it comes to science, there's more than climate that divides America's leaders and people. 

The mainstream scientific establishment accepts evolution as a reality, as well as the general safety of vaccinations and genetically modified food. 

But some political leaders and portions of the public don't believe any of that. 

It's not a liberal versus conservative issue, especially when it comes to vaccinations, which are doubted by some activists on both ends of the political spectrum.

But nothing beats climate change for divisiveness.

'It's more politically polarizing than abortion,' says Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. 

'It's more politically polarizing than gay marriage.'

Leiserowitz says 17 percent of Americans, the fastest-growing group, are alarmed by climate change and want action now, based on surveys by Yale and George Mason University.

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Eh...5 years ago, the US was calling it one of the warmest years ever...all the while it was the coldest years in Europe. And given the fact that "Averaged over all land and ocean surfaces, temperatures warmed roughly 1.53 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) from 1880 to 2012,"*

*www2.ucar.edu/climate/faq/how-much-has-global-temperature-risen-last-100-years

In the 10 minute google search I just did, there are enough conflicting statistics/studies/postulations to point to data manipulation by all sides. Maybe that is why its so polarizing?

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I get such a charge out of the term "climate change".

The climate has been in continuous change for 4.3 billion years..

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I care about the earth and what we are doing to it environmentally. But, climate change is normal.

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Climate change has been occurring since the formation of earth, way before man and industrialization. And liberals.

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FNW wrote:

Climate change has been occurring since the formation of earth, way before man and industrialization. And liberals.

 



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Now, we all know that liberals invented climate change. Us conservatives are too stupid to understand that...

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Anyone else noticing that they have been taking over the "climate change" moniker? It used to be global warming. Everyone said (well, every smart person I know) that climate change over time is normal. So, now they use the phrase climate change instead of global warming.

Cute.

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That's because they want to sound like they know what they are talking about, even when they don't.

They also couldn't explain how some parts of the planet were getting cooler, not with them calling it "global WARMING".

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