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- 69% of Republicans said the threat of climate change is “exaggerated” compared to 4% of Democrats, according to a new Gallup poll.
- Opinions around climate change have suffered from widening partisanship as President Donald Trump’s administration has scrubbed mentions from federal websites and pulled out of the Paris Agreement.
- The problem isn’t going anywhere, despite what people think.
Republicans are more skeptical than ever that climate change is a problem, and the partisan gap on the issue appears to be widening under President Donald Trump.
Sixty-nine percent of Republicans say the threat of climate change is “exaggerated,” according to a new Gallup poll.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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