After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, poll shows

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After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, poll shows
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More Americans have personally felt the impact of climate change in extreme weather, including a summer of dangerous heat for much of the United States.

As climate change heats ocean water around coral reefs, scientists in Florida race to haul coral to safety in gene-bank tanks before they go extinct.Seventy-six-year-old Bruce Alvord, of Hagerstown, Md., said it wasn’t unusual to experience days with a 112-degree heat index this summer, and health conditions mean that “heat really bothers me because it’s restricted what I can do.”

“The way I look at it is I think it’s a bunch of powerful politicians and lobbying groups that ... have their agenda,” said Alvord, a Republican who sees no need to change his own habits or for the government to do more. “I drive a Chrysler 300 . I use premium gas. I get 15 miles a gallon. I don’t give a damn.”

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