What does NYC think about climate change?
Published: 09 August, 2009, 09:51
TAGS: Global warming, The Resident, USA
Only now is the American government beginning to recognize global warming as a problem that needs addressing.
For almost a decade, the Bush administration procrastinated on doing something about it. But the credit crunch has woken up America to the cost of not becoming more fuel efficient.
RT’s Resident in NYC Lori Harfenist asks people on the streets if climate change is just a new American trend – or a real threat.
The majority of the questioned New York residents concur that climate change is absolutely real. But concerning questions of what exactly is changing and why, here the opinions differ quite a lot.
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GLOBAL WARMING IS A SHAM!!! Who brought it up n the 21st century eh? oh ya a POLITICAN by the name of AL GORE!!!! Guess what hes a MILLIONAIRE!!! thousands of companys will benifit from climate change whyll MILLIONS will b runn n 2 the dust!! OH & by the way a report from nasa just came out tht the rise n global tepmratures is actualy from a fluctuation from the SUN!!! Y u havent hear of it? OBAMA & the other goons n the western world will benifit greatly & some even perusaded to belive its real! How much hav you heard PUTIN or MEDEVED (srry bout spelling) talk about climate change? hmmm not alought if EVER!!! they know its not real! & GOd bless them 4 tht! WAKE UP PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!!!! ITS A BIG LIEEEEE!!!!!!! & look up the report from NASA ... It exists!!