Majority of Arkansans believe global warming unproven, poll finds | Arkansas News

On the question of whether participants felt global warming was a scientifically established reality, 66 percent said it was unproven, 25 percent said it was a reality and 9 percent said they did not know.

“I think the results show a distrust for authority in general and scientific authority in particular,” Bass said.

On whether they support cap-and-trade, which is in the clean-energy bill now before Congress, 55 percent said they oppose the legislation, 22 percent said they support it and 23 percent they are undecided.

J. Brad Coker, managing partner of Mason-Dixon, said he’s not surprised by the poll results, and that they reflect answers to similar questions in other states.