A top Australian government business adviser has said climate change is a hoax by the United Nations. Scientists say the world is experiencing a long-term global warming trend Most climate models were wrong and there was little evidence of climate change, said Maurice Newman. He said the UN had used climate change as a “hook” to establish and control a

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by Jeffrey M. Jones PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-two percent of Americans, on average, identified as political independents in 2013, the highest Gallup has measured since it began conducting interviews by telephone 25 years ago. Meanwhile, Republican identification fell to 25%, the lowest over that time span. At 31%, Democratic identification is unchanged from the last four years but down from

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