huffingtonpost.com - 10/23/2009
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According to a new survey , the number of Americans who believe that climate change is connected to human-caused pollution (AKA Global Warming) is at its lowest point in three years. Only 57% of Americans now believe this inconvenient truth -- down from 77% in 2006, when Al Gore's film was released .
Maybe this disturbing trend is due to climate lobbyists and certain conservative politicians and pundits going all out for years now, trying to persuade the public that the growing mountain of ...
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The Most Dangerous Global Warming Deniers in the World
TreeHugger —
... Fewer Americans believe that climate change is a serious problem now than at any point over the last three years--only 57% feel that global warming is worth worrying about. How can that be, you might ask--the scientific evidence has only grown stronger, and more and more nations around the world are accepting that it's a major threat. So what keeps us at bay? It could have something to do with these men--the most dangerous global warming deniers around. ... ...
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