CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change


by CBS News

CBS News— Record heat, hurricanes, wildfires all have been making news in recent years. And while not everyone agrees events like these are the direct result of climate change, they do connect to peoples' opinions about it: a big majority of Americans feel the U.S. needs to address climate change, with those who report experiencing extreme weather more likely to say we should do so right now.Views on climate change have long been associated with partisanship, and they still are, but age is a factor, too....

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CBS News—Climate politics and the bottom line — CBS News poll. For many years addressing climate change has been framed, at least in political debates, as one that carries an economic tradeoff: Could we afford to do it, even if we think it's otherwise a good idea, or would it cost jobs and money in a world so dependent on fossil fuels? This framing endures today in many ways — especially on a personal level, if not a macro one.People are far more likely to oppose U.S. efforts to combat climate change if they think it will hurt their personal finances. In...