As President Biden prepares to host world leaders for a virtual climate summit this week, most Americans continue to think climate change needs to be addressed urgently, and eight in 10 would have the U.S. be at least part of an international response to do so, including those who want […] Read more »
American Acceptance of Global Warming Remains at a Record High Level
The Winter 2021 NSEE [National Surveys on Energy and Environment] results show 75% of adult Americans believe there is solid evidence that temperatures on the planet have risen over the last four decades. This 75% level is identical to the Summer 2021 NSEE result that established the highest level of […] Read more »
Global Warming Attitudes Frozen Since 2016
About six in 10 U.S. adults (59%) continue to say the effects of global warming have already begun to happen, and a similar proportion believe pollution from human activities is more to blame than natural causes for the Earth’s rise in temperature over the past century (64%). … In general, […] Read more »
Cyberterrorism Tops List of 11 Potential Threats to U.S.
As the Biden administration continues to explore how it will respond to Russia’s large-scale cyberattack against U.S. companies and federal agencies last year, 82% of Americans say cyberterrorism is a “critical threat” to the vital interests of the U.S. over the next decade. While cyberterrorism ranks atop a list of […] Read more »
The Biden Agenda Doesn’t Run Through Washington
… Cities and their inner suburbs need an immediate lifeline from Washington to stabilize their finances after the devastation of the pandemic. But once those communities regain their balance, they could become crucial allies for Biden. By working with big metros, the president would be aligning federal policy with powerful […] Read more »
Most Americans Support Tough Stance Toward China on Human Rights, Economic Issues
President Joe Biden has inherited a complicated U.S.-China relationship that includes a trade war, mutually imposed sanctions on high-ranking officials, tensions flaring over human rights issues, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and an American public with deeply negative feelings toward China. Roughly nine-in-ten U.S. adults (89%) consider China a competitor or […] Read more »