Majority of US voters link extreme weather to climate crisis, study finds
by Dharna Noor with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon from on (#77346)
Top Democrat says findings show public way ahead of the politicians' as Trump dismisses global heating as hoax'
Amid a summer of dangerous heat, drought and floods, a majority of Americans are connecting increasingly severe weather to the climate crisis, new polling shows, despite efforts by Donald Trump to dismiss global heating as a con job" and a hoax".
It's a sign that attempts to suppress polarize climate concerns may not be seeing full success, said Grace Adcox, senior climate strategist at Data for Progress.
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