Arguments about the environment through the years have often been framed as strict tradeoffs between either helping it or helping the economy. Naturally, that’s reflected in a lot of our old poll questions over four decades of surveys, with a steady run of climate-or-costs-types of choices offered; would you pick the environment or the jobs? But for those urging more climate action today — and certainly for gauging some of the Biden administration’s recent arguments — a key public opinion test may have shifted: now it may be whether people think action could also be good economics. CONTINUED
Anthony Salvanto, CBS News
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