The author Joe Romm from the blog Think Progress wrote an article discussing trumps disapproval rates hitting a record high while concerns for climate have spiked. The author establishes his claims by using graphs and survey research from GALLUP. The article begins by stating Donald's Trumps disapproval rating has hit a high of 58 percent and those who actually approve of of trumps job performance is a mere 37 percent. In correlation (contrary) with trumps disapproval ratings 45 percent of Americans now have strong concerns for climate change. According to the author this is because of Trump's environmental stance on global warming. Trump claims that global warming is simply a "hoax" and therefore many believe he will do a poor job of protecting the environment. Trump claims that for every new environmental restriction he plans on removing two old ones which is a clear indicator that preserving the earth such as the air and water we consume is not his top priority. This claim can be further backed up by a graph shown from GALLUP which shows a rise in worries on climate change from 30 percent to 45 percent of independents and from 56 to 66 percent democrats from 2016 to 2017. Republican concerns on the other hand have stayed the same with a brief 18 percent worrying about climate change.
The authors intended audience is simply those who are concerned with climate change and worry about the future of our planet not just because of rising temperatures but also because of pollution to our water and air that trumps policies will bring. The article itself doesn't present a bias but rather simply provides information in forms of graphs showing the trends of different stances on climate change.
