74% of GOP Congress Members Reject Climate Science
The National Journal has released its annual survey of Congressional members on their views of climate science. When asked: “Do you think it’s been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the Earth is warming because of man-made pollution?,” of the 38 Democratic members of Congress interviewed, 98 percent answered “yes.”
But among the 39 Republican members of Congress surveyed, just 26% percent answered in the affirmative.
If conservatives and their supporters don’t accept the overwhelming scientific evidence and broad scientific understanding today, what series of catastrophic events must occur to get them on board the effort to preserve the health and well-being of the next 50 generations?
Record temperatures? Record Arctic ice loss? Record violent storms? Record flooding? Record droughts? Record wildfires?
If the Republican leadership is so uninformed, is it any wonder why only 49% of Republicans now even believe that the earth is warming, and only 27% of Republicans think we are to blame.
The fact is that Republicans (and the rest of us) have been ill served by the anti-science policies of the GOP.
(h/t Climate progress and Framing Science)
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