RollingThunder
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The two critical progressive issues of the day.............BOTTOM OF THE LIST
Bullshit from the bottom of the IQ bell curve......only to be expected from a braindead troll.
In the real world, in this election cycle....
Concern for environmental issues rises ahead of 2016 election
MSNBC
By Christina Coleburn
03/21/16
(excerpts)
New polls indicate that concern for environmental issues has risen ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Americans are taking global warming more seriously now than at any period in the last eight years, according to Gallup’s annual environment survey. Sixty-four percent of Americans said that they are either worried a “great deal” or “fair amount” about global warming. At this time in 2015, only 55 percent of Americans said they felt this way. Findings from Gallup also reveal that 63 percent of Americans said the weather in their local area was warmer than usual this winter. When they were asked what they attributed these temperatures to, more Americans ascribed the shift to climate change than normal variation. Gallup’s report noted that “a larger, more regionally and politically diverse group of Americans is reporting warmer temperatures this year.”
The divergent positions taken by Democratic and Republican candidates during the 2016 race reflect a stark contrast in the way the two parties approach these issues, as well as how they would respond to Americans’ environmental concerns. Democratic candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders have made climate change a key part of their presidential campaigns. Clinton wooed Democratic lawmakers last April with progressive stances on executive and regulatory actions for environmental causes. On the campaign trail, Sanders has repeatedly advocated for climate change awareness, vowing that he “will not reject science.”
Gallup’s annual environmental survey also found that levels of worry on six key environmental issues also increased from last year. Among these issues, more Americans were concerned “a great deal” about the extinction of plant and animal species, air pollution and the loss of tropical rain forests. Notably, 61 percent of Americans were worried “a great deal” about polluted drinking water.