Number of Americans who believe in climate change drops, survey shows

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guardian.co.uk - 10/22/2009

Number of Americans who believe in climate change drops, survey shows

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Guardian: The number of Americans who believe in global warming has plummeted, falling 20% in two years, a survey said today. Only 57% of Americans believe there is solid scientific evidence that the Earth's atmosphere is warming, said the poll of 1,500 people by the Pew Research Centre for the ...

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RT @jfkisgr8: http://bit.ly/H12K5 More embrassing poll numbers. #tcot #p2 26 days ago

Argh..how do you convince ppl that scientists might know what they're doing? http://tinyurl.com/yhrgvsw 10/28/2009

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