According to polls conducted by The Washington Post, Time, ABC and Stanford University, the number of Americans who cited climate change as the biggest environmental problem the world faces today rose from 16% in 2006 to 33% in 2007!

Other poll highlights include:

• 76% of Americans believe the effects of global warming are apparent now. —Center for American Progress, April 2007
• 82% believe global warming exists—an increase of five points since 2005. —Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Corp., February 2007
• 49% believe global warming is having a serious impact now—up 14 points since 2001. —CBS News/New York Times, April 2007
• 94% of Americans say they’re willing to make changes in their lives to help the environment in general; 80% say they would make changes even if it means some personal inconvenience. 67% say they would keep their home warmer in the summer or cooler in the winter. —Washington Post/Time/ABC/Stanford University, April 2007
• 54% feel they understand the global warming issue fairly well; 22% say they understand it very well. —Gallup, March 2007
• 52% want global warming to be a high priority for government leaders. —CBS News/New York Times, April 2007

This is a very interesting change and it is good to know that all the eco-activism that has been occurring over the past year is really working!

Check out the full poll results here!

via treehugger

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