61% Say Finding New Energy More Important Than Fighting Global Warming
Most Americans continue to view global warming as a serious problem, but they still put their economic concerns well ahead of fighting climate change.
New Rasmussen Reports polling finds, for example, that 61% of Likely U.S. Voters think, generally speaking, it is more important to find news sources of energy than fight global warming. Only half as many (30%) rate the fight against global warming as more important.
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