A new Gallup poll shows that though climate deniers continue to hold the majority of Congress hostage, the general public is getting too savvy for their nonsense. Compared to responses in 2015, 10 percent more of the adults polled said they were concerned about climate change.
Nearly 60% of Americans now recognize that climate change has already begun, and only 10 percent think it will never happen. When it comes to human attribution of warming, the numbers have moved similarly, with 65 percent correctly blaming humans and only 31 percent saying its due to natural causes. Even 40% of Republicans are concerned.
Deniers have yet to acknowledge the polling.
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