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Thursday, December 20th, 2018

The Depressing Numbers Behind the GOP’s Climate Denialism

Author:     Ilana Novick
Source:     truthdig
Publication Date:     DEC 17, 2018|
 Link: The Depressing Numbers Behind the GOP’s Climate Denialism
Stephan:   In my opinion, the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in the country, particularly the men and women elected to office under that party flag. Here is one of the reasons I say that. You cannot vote Republican and be an ethical person because the positions of the party and the policies it espouses, are detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the people of the United States.

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“Climate change is the defining issue of our time,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared in September. In October, a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N.-convened group, described “a world of worsening food shortages and wildfires, and a mass die-off of coral reefs as soon as 2040,” according to The New York Times. And in a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, Americans are beginning to heed these warnings, with 66 percent of respondents saying there is enough evidence to convince them that action is needed, up from 51 percent in 1998. Forty-five percent of them believe that action should taken immediately.

Among the 66 percent of concerned respondents are Democrats and independents. Notably missing in the growing consensus on climate change are significant numbers of Republicans.

As CNBC reports, “A 56 percent majority of the GOP says either that concern about climate change is unwarranted or that more research is necessary before taking action.” Only 15 percent of Republicans believe immediate action is needed, the same percentage of […]

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