Americans are willing to bear the costs of combating climate change, and most are more likely to support a candidate seeking to address the issue. By an almost two-to-one margin, 62 percent to 33 percent, Americans say they would pay more for energy if it would mean a reduction in […] Read more »
On The Media: ‘Climate Change’ vs. ‘Global Warming’
The Environmental Protection Agency recently rolled out the Obama administration’s ambitious proposal to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants 30% by 2030. This proposal could bring renewed worldwide attention to climate change. Trouble is, we still haven’t sorted out how to talk about the issue. Is it “Climate Change” […] Read more »
CA voters see drought as major crisis — but with little effect on daily lives
With California in the midst of one of its most severe droughts on record, nearly 9 in 10 voters now consider it a “crisis or major problem” for the state. Yet only a small percentage say the drought has impacted their daily lives, according to results from the latest USC […] Read more »
The Politics of Being Green
Add brown and green energy to the list of issues separating red and blue. The regulations that the Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday limiting carbon emissions from power plants will likely stand as President Obama’s most consequential second-term domestic policy initiative. But the rules will also reinforce his presidency’s central […] Read more »
Limited Perils for Obama’s Carbon Plan?
The Obama administration’s proposal this week to cut carbon emissions from power plants by 30% by 2030 was portrayed as a bold move by the White House. But by political standards, it doesn’t look like it will have strong negative consequences for the president or his party. CONT. Dante Chinni […] Read more »
The prudent, not isolationist, public
There’s a lot of hue and cry these days about the American public turning isolationist, seeking to retreat from the world. That, though, is both a misreading of the polls and, frankly, reflects a too-readily dismissive view of what pioneering pollster Elmo Roper once called “the common sense of the […] Read more »