Two thirds of Republicans believe climate change concerns are exaggerated

Even though a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, 66% of Republicans believe the threat is exaggerated.

I'm confident that the growing skepticism about climate change is based firmly in science, and has nothing to do with Republican leaders' muddying of the waters on behalf of their polluting supporters. 

From Gallup:

Since 1997, Republicans have grown increasingly likely to believe media coverage of global warming is exaggerated, and that trend continues in the 2009 survey; however, this year marks a relatively sharp increase among independents as well. In just the past year, Republican doubters grew from 59% to 66%, and independents from 33% to 44%, while the rate among Democrats remained close to 20%.