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Toplines - Climate Change I - December 7-8, 2009

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National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 7-8, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* The Environmental Protection Agency has formally concluded that greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated. This ruling enables the agency to implement greenhouse gas regulations without Congressional action. Do you agree with the Environmental Protection Agency’s assessment that greenhouse gases are a health threat?

41% Yes
41% No
18% Not sure

2* Should the EPA be able to implement greenhouse gas regulations without Congressional approval?

24% Yes
53% No
23% Not sure


NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence