The Patriot Post® · Warming the Polls

Earlier this week, we noted a new ABC News/Washington Post poll showing, “Seven in 10 Americans see global warming as a serious problem facing the country, enough to fuel broad support for federal efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions – even if it raises their own energy costs.” This was supposedly a boost for Monday’s EPA regulations. Yet “according to a recent CBS News Poll, while most Americans express concern about global warming, many aren’t feeling a great sense of urgency about its impact.” In fact, “The poll, conducted last month, found fewer than half of Americans (46 percent) think global warming is having a serious impact now. Another 31 percent don’t expect a serious impact until sometime in the future, and one in five doesn’t think global warming will have a serious impact at all.” That finding is far more in line with other polling on the subject, which routinely puts warming at the bottom of the priority list. Al Gore hardest hit.