Days before global climate talks convene on the need for drastic action to address the effects of climate change, about half of Americans say the United States’ current policies do not go far enough, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. …
More Americans — about six out of 10 — say the global community is doing too little to address climate change. Though China has excelled in producing electric vehicles as well as wind and solar energy, some experts say the nation still produces more carbon emissions than the rest of the developed world combined. In a March poll from the Pew Research Center, 79 percent of Americans said China is doing a bad job of managing its response to climate change.
Younger people, who will inherit the choices of previous generations, were much more likely than others to feel that the global community is not doing enough to prevent climate change from getting worse. CONTINUED
Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour
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