I'm not surprised the number of Republicans who
believe in global warming dropped. A lot of the
moderate Republicans in Congress either retired last
year or were defeated in the election.

Still, it's a pretty sad commentary.

--- Neila Seaman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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.
> 
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