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Younger Republicans Are Slightly More Liberal on Climate Change

Millennials in the GOP want more government action on environmental issues than the older generation.
Source: Carlos Allegri / Reuters

The newest version of the Pew Research Center’s annual environmental poll covers a lot of familiar ground.

It finds that most Americans believe the government should be doing more to protect air and water quality, and the climate. But when it comes to deciding to accomplish those goals, Democrats and Republicans are divided—except on the topic of building more wind and solar energy, which

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