"An April 9th Gallup Poll shows that since 2006 radical environmentalism has been losing influence in America. Gallup results are even more dramatic when viewed over the last couple of decades: worry about water pollution has dropped from 72% of Americans in 1989 to 46% in March 2011; worry about air pollution since 1989 has dropped from 63% to 36% in 2011. When Gallup asks Americans to prioritize environmental concerns or economic concerns, the same pattern emerges. In the latest poll on the subject, 54% favor economic growth and 36% favor the environment.
Pew Research polls on global warming show a similar loss of trust in radical environmentalism. In 2006, the percentage of Americans who believe that there is “solid evidence” of global warming was 77% in 2006, but in 2011 only 63% believed that. Pew also shows that the percentage of Americans who do not believe in global warming or feel that there is not enough evidence rose in those five years from 33% to 43%. Pew shows that even among Americans who believe in global warming, fewer and fewer Americans attribute that rise in temperature to man. In 2006 47% of Americans believed that we were experiencing manmade global warming, but by 2006 only 38% of Americans believed in manmade global warming, a distinct minority of America.
Rasmussen last August published a poll which indicates a serious credibility gap that the scientific establishment has with America: 69% of Americans believe scientists have falsified global warming research. Gallup two years ago published a 12 year trend which showed that the percentage of Americans who believe that the seriousness of global warming has been exaggerated has grown steadily to an all time high of 48% in 2010
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