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Educated Majority is Still Losing the Climate Debate

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By James Hoggan
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A new Ipsos Reid poll reported in the Vancouver Sun shows that 39 percent of Canadians โ€œdonโ€™t support the scienceย  behind global warming.โ€

According to the article they believe that โ€œโ€ฆ melting ice flows, hot summers and extreme weather events around the world are the result of natural warming and cooling patterns that rise and fall.โ€ย ย 

This is, on one hand, a woeful tribute to the ongoing disinformation campaign – the increasingly strident effort by a handful of agenda-driven (and energy-industry funded) โ€œclimate skepticsโ€ who are bent on keeping the publicย confused.

On the other hand, the survey shows that 61 per cent of Canadians understand the problem. Good,ย but:

IPSOS Reid, the polling company that did this survey, pointed out that โ€œyou only need roughlyย 40% to get a majority government (so) this is not going to be a key ballotย item.โ€

Unless we make it soย โ€ฆ

By James Hoggan

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