Poll: Most want ‘aggressive action’ on climate change

Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults think America should take “aggressive action” against global warming caused by climate change, according to a new poll.

Forty-six percent in the Reuters/Ipsos survey released Tuesday “strongly agree” the U.S. should take “aggressive action” on climate change, while 26 percent “somewhat agree.”

{mosads}Eighteen percent disagree, with 8 percent “strongly” disagreeing and 10 percent “somewhat” disagreeing. Ten percent were unsure.

Pollsters found 47 percent disagree with President Trump’s recent decision to remove the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, while 39 percent agree with Trump’s decision. Fifteen percent were uncertain.

Tuesday’s results found that respondents believe the U.S. should lead the global fight against climate change, with 68 percent agreeing with that idea to some extent.

Trump last week fulfilled a campaign pledge and removed the U.S. from the 195-nation Paris climate accord.

“The bottom line is that the Paris accord is very unfair at the highest level to the United States,” Trump said at the White House Rose Garden.

“We are getting out, but we will start to negotiate and we will see if we can make a deal that is fair,” he added.

Reuters/Ipsos conducted its latest survey of 1,685 U.S. adults via online interviews from June 2-4. The poll has a 2.8 percent margin of error.