Gallup Poll: Americans cool on global warming swindle

First and foremost, Americans clearly prefer taking major steps to improve the economy over taking major steps to reduce global warming at this time. Eighty-five percent of national adults choose improving the economy in this trade-off, including 93% of Republicans, 85% of independents, and 78% of Democrats.
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By 46% to 38%, more Americans say the greater risk in developing climate-change policy is the negative economic impact of taking actions to reduce global warming, rather than the negative environmental consequences of not taking those actions, with another 16% unsure.
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Specifically, fewer than 4 in 10 Americans (36%) believe that laws designed to reduce global warming will help the economy, while 42% believe those laws will hurt the economy.