“It’s just not happening”
by digby
New Pew Poll on climate change:
Opinions of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents divide into four roughly equal size groups: 23% say there is solid evidence of global warming and it is mostly caused by human activity; 19% say warming exists but is due to natural patterns; 25% see no solid evidence and say it is just not happening; 20% say there is no solid evidence but not enough is known yet.
Only 42% of all Republicans even believe it exists. And yet worst case scenario budget projections that are little more than wild guesses are treated like the received word of God. Go figure.
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