Readers split on climate change, government role

InMaricopa.com readers are just about split on whether the government should take climate change more seriously.

Fifty percent of 263 respondents to the website’s weekly poll want to see more government action compared to the 46 percent who say “no” to government taking climate change more seriously. Four percent, or 11 people, answered: “I don’t know.”

The subject increasingly has been in the news since Superstorm Sandy devastated the Northeast in October.

On Tuesday, a coalition of investors from around the world called on governments to take action on climate change. Click here to read the story from Reuters on the subject.

For more on the debate whether climate change prompted Superstorm Sandy, click here for a story from DiscoveryNews.