U.S. Mayors View Climate Change as Pressing Urban Issue, Survey Shows

Associated Press

Nearly 70 percent . of big-city mayors say cities should play a strong role in reducing the effects of climate change, according to a new survey of 115 mayors by the Boston University Initiative on Cities. But there’s a sharp partisan divide on climate science: Ninety-five percent of Democratic mayors said they accept the scientific consensus that climate change is caused by human activity, compared to only half of Republican mayors who shared that view.

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