{
  "id": 1907693,
  "title": "UK politicians vastly overestimate public opposition to climate policies, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/uk-politicians-vastly-overestimate-public-opposition-to-climate",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-uk-politicians-vastly-overestimate-opposition.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Members of Parliament from the UK's three biggest political parties in the House of Commons significantly overestimate levels of public resistance to major policy proposals for tackling climate change, a University of Cambridge study suggests. The work is published in Communications Sustainability.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}