ClimateWire: The partisan divide over alternative energy grew the past two years, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. Republican support for increased federal funding for wind, solar and hydrogen technology dropped 20 points from 2008, the survey found. There was a 13-point drop in the same time frame among GOP respondents favoring “better fuel efficiency” for vehicles. Democratic views on the same questions changed little over the past two years, the poll…