US News
(2009-12-15)
Oxfam activists dressed as polar bears dance at the entrance to the main hall at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen
A new poll suggests that more Americans believe that taking steps to reduce global warming pollution will help the U.S. economy rather than hurt it.
The Associated Press-Stanford University poll finds that 40 percent of those surveyed say U.S. action to slow global warming in the future will create jobs. About 46 percent say it would boost the economy.
By contrast, less than a third say curbing climate change would hurt the economy and bring fewer jobs.
The findings may be a sign that the public is showing more faith in President Barack Obama's economic arguments for limiting heat-trapping gases than in Republican claims that the actions would kill jobs. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press
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