even SC Republicans believe global warming is a problem
[well, there’s still James Heartfield!]
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2007/02/survey_gop_vote.html
Survey: GOP voters see global warming problem
A majority of Republican voters in South Carolina believe global
warming is occurring, but is a problem people can resolve, according
to a new survey.
Ayres, McHenry and Associates surveyed 500 Republicans likely to vote
in the 2008 presidential primary. It found most respondents support a
cap on carbon emissions and incentives for companies to stay below
the carbon pollution limit.
Carbon dioxide pollution from cars and factories is a major
contributor to global warming, according to researchers.
Ayres, McHenry and Associates conducted the survey from Jan. 24-28
for Environmental Defense, a national conservation group that has
spent the past year raising awareness of global warming in South
Carolina and selected other states. The survey’s margin of error is
plus or minus 4.4 percent.
The Ayres company is helping Environmental Defense map strategy on
climate change. Company principal Whit Ayres was once an advisor to
Republican Gov. Carroll Campbell who held office from 1987-95.
“This says that a flat denial of global warming no longer has any
credibility,” Ayres said. “The debate now is over what we do about
it.”
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