From the Center for American Progress Action Fund's "The Progress Report," February 6, 2006 GLOBAL WARMING -- ONLY 13 PERCENT OF CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IN MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE: National Journal has released a new "Congressional Insiders Poll," which surveyed 113 members of Congress -- 10 Senate Democrats, 48 House Democrats, 10 Senate Republicans, and 45 House Republicans -- about their positions on global warming<http://capweb.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=258352818&url_num=69&url=http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/05/warming-13-percent/>. The results are startling. Only 13 percent<http://capweb.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=258352818&url_num=70&url=http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/05/warming-13-percent/> of congressional Republicans say they believe that human activity is causing global warming, compared to 95 percent of congressional Democrats. Moreover, the number of Republicans who believe in human-induced global warming has actually dropped since April 2006<http://capweb.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=258352818&url_num=71&url=http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/05/warming-13-percent/> -- when the number was 23 percent -- despite multiple authoritative reports confirming climate science. In June 2006, the National Academy of Sciences, an independent organization created by Congress to provide scientific guidance, unequivocally concluded that natural causes cannot explain the unprecedented warmth over the last 400 years. Rather, "human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming<http://capweb.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=258352818&url_num=72&url=http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/22/warming-not-equal/>," the report states. This month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change "concluded for the first time that global warming is 'unequivocal' and that human activity is the main driver<http://capweb.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=258352818&url_num=73&url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/03/science/earth/03climate.html?bl&ex=1170824400&en=12a5749e49b8e8d3&ei=5087>, 'very likely' causing most of the rise in temperatures since 1950." Nevertheless, belief in global warming among Republicans in Congress dropped by 10 points. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp
