Many Americans remain pessimistic about the condition of the environment that will be left for the next generation, though most nevertheless think it is within humanity’s power to stop. How Americans view global warming largely determines how they view these issues, and large partisan divisions persist. …
While majorities of Democrats and independents think global warming is due to human activity, just 36% of Republicans agree. Instead, most Republicans think that it is either caused by natural patterns in the earth’s environment (46%) or that it doesn’t exist at all (12%). CONT.
Fred Backus, CBS News
