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By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Tuesday, August 9, 2016
An overwhelming majority of voters oppose government efforts to investigate and prosecute scientists and others, including major corporations, who question global warming.
A Rasmussen Reports survey released Tuesday found that 69 percent of likely U.S. voters are opposed to such investigations, while only 15 percent approve of them. Another 16 percent are undecided.
The poll comes amid investigations by Democratic state attorneys general into whether ExxonMobil committed “fraud” by underplaying the extent and impact of global warming. Subpoenas issued in Massachusetts and the Virgin Islands as part of the probe have also named universities, academics and think tanks.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department has come under pressure from Democratic lawmakers and climate groups to pursue racketeering charges against fossil-fuel companies and others challenging the catastrophic climate-change narrative.
The findings released Tuesday are nearly identical to those released in November 2015 following news of New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman’s investigation into ExxonMobil.
Only 25 percent of voters in Tuesday’s survey said they believe the debate on global warming is settled, contrary to the claims of Democratic
