Australia: Global Warming and CPRS Polling - Pollytics
The largest change in opinion however, has been in the proportion of the population that believe global warming “concerns are exaggerated” - having roughly doubled over the last 3 years.Forecasting Kitsap » Blog Archive » Interesting “Forecasting Kitsap” Global Warming Poll Discovery
My latest poll asks the question: “Do You Believe Global Warming is a Big Concern?” And so far, with 98 votes and counting, my above statements ring true: everyone is pretty evenly divided.Some context on the defeat of Australia’s climate plan | Grist
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31% (30 votes) believe in global warming and that it is indeed a big concern and we need to do more about it. This will obviously be called the “Global Warming Group”. To be honest, I expected the numbers for this group to be higher!
It may be tempting to view the Australian Senate’s defeat Wednesday of climate change legislation as a portent of things to come as the U.S. Senate prepares to take up a cap-and-trade bill.Senate rejects emission trading legislation, Shares rise
But Wong told the ABC that the Government will remain defiant about its plans, but gave no details as to how it intends to pass the legislation.
"It's not smart to pretend this won't leave us isolated from the rest of the world, and it's not smart to undermine our transition to a low-carbon economy," she said. "This bill may be going down today, but this is not the end."
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Yes It is very tempting indeed.
I think the US Senate will just let cap-and-trade die in a committee somewhere, but I'd love to see the up or down vote, just prior to the 2010 elections. How else are we to get rid of the skumbags and derilicts?
It may be tempting to view the Australian Senate’s defeat Wednesday of climate change legislation as a portent of things to come as the U.S. Senate prepares to take up a cap-and-trade bill.
"It's not smart to pretend this won't leave us isolated from the rest of the world [Who does she mean by "us"? Got a mouse in your pocket Wong?], and it's not smart to undermine our transition to a low-carbon economy, [Yes it is] " she said. "This bill may be going down today, but this is not the end.
[Might be the end for her.]"
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