To Americans, the Risks of Global Warming Are Not Imminent

Gallup by Lydia Saad | Mar. 12, 2007 (Poll - Limited online access)

A majority worries about climate changes, but thinks problems are a decade or more away

One has to wonder why Americans don't demand more political action on global warming when surveys routinely find them saying they believe it is happening and are generally worried about it. Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Gallup questions miss the mark. Worry is kinda after the fact, non-positive point. How about should government discontinue financing corporate plunder of the energy sector, enforce the MPG for passenger cars instituted during the Jimmy Carter era, would a Katrina size storm in your neighborhood worry you, Will global warming effect the lifestyle of the media owners/economic top 1% of the population as much as it might effect you?