Column: Presidential Candidates Must Recognize Global Warming as Real Issue
View on The Daily Campus website"When looking at public opinion on the matter, stances on global warming don’t coincide between scientists and the American public. The New York Times, Stanford University and Resources for the Future’s nationwide survey concerning global warming shows most Americans believe global warming to be a credible issue, but at less than 97 percent.
When asked if unchecked global warming would be a future problem for the U.S., 20 percent answered “not so serious” or 'not serious at all,' and when asked about its effects on the world, 16 percent said 'not so serious' or 'not serious at all.'
There is a clear disparity between the roughly three percent of scientists/experts who deny global warming as a serious threat to the planet and the percentage of Americans who deny it – between 16 and 20 percent."
