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Poll: People want to prepare for worsening climate
2013-03-28 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A new national survey says 82 percent of Americans want to prepare now for rising seas and stronger storms from climate change. But most are unwilling to spend the money to keep the beach where it is. The poll by Stanford University found that only 1 in 3 people favored the government spending millions to construct big sea walls, replenish beaches or pay people to leave the coast. The options the majority preferred were making sure new buildings were stronger and reducing future coastal development....
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United Kingdom: Poll: public backs green industries to boost growth
2013-03-28 04:37:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Almost 60 per cent of the public thinks the government should invest in green industries to promote economic recovery, according to a new poll. When asked where the government should invest to improve the economy, 57 per cent cited industries such as building wind turbines or installing loft insulation, according to a survey of more than 2,000 people conducted by pollsters Opinium for the Carbon Brief website. Just over two thirds said climate change is a serious problem that needs to be tackled...
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First-time homebuyers making up larger share of real estate market: poll
2013-03-26 14:23:05| Real Estate - Topix.net
Fewer Canadians are planning to purchase a home in the next two years, but more than a third of those will be first-time homebuyers, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Reader Poll Results: Do Customers Even Notice?
2013-03-25 19:04:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Our last poll question asked whether customers really notice the amount of effort that has gone into upgrading the T&D system over the last couple of decades.
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Poll Questions Shift Public Views on Global Warming
2013-03-25 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: The Arctic keeps melting, the atmosphere keeps warming and polls keep bouncing around on what people think about global warming. After every hurricane, heat wave or hullabaloo over climate science, the polling results come, watched breathlessly for some shift in U.S. public opinion about global warming. All the hand-wringing may not have amounted to anything, suggests one long-term look at all those polls. The majority of the public pretty much understands that global warming is happening, and...
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