LiveScience: Most Americans support government action to combat the effects of global warming and will likely vote for candidates who put forth a promising stance on environmental issues, a new poll has found.
The telephone poll -- conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future -- surveyed 1,006 adults across the nation from Jan. 7 to 22. Participants were asked questions such as whether they think climate change is human-caused,...