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Poll: Majority Believe In Climate Change, Want U.S. To Address It | A new Washington Post/Stanford University poll finds that 6 in 10 Americans believe that the climate is warming and undergoing harmful changes, during the hottest year the U.S. has experienced on record. Two-thirds of Americans think the United States should lead efforts to address global warming and would support tax breaks designed to limit greenhouse emissions. Americans also don’t see a downside to addressing the problem: only 12 percent said taking steps to address global warming would decrease the quality of their own lives.

Ben Sherman

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