As the Obama administration approaches a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, a national survey finds broad public support for the project. Two-thirds of Americans (66%) favor building the pipeline, which would ransport oil from Canada’s oil sands region through the Midwest to refineries in Texas. Just 23% oppose construction […] Read more »
Americans Back Preparation for Extreme Weather and Sea Level Rise
… A new survey commissioned by the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the Center for Ocean Solutions finds that an overwhelming majority of Americans want to prepare in order to minimize the damage likely to be caused by global warming-induced sea-level rise and storms. A majority also want people […] Read more »
Far Fewer Say Temperatures Are Warmer Than Usual
Well under half of Americans (34%) think that temperatures in their local area have been warmer than usual this winter — compared with 79% who reported warmer temperatures last year. The rest say temperatures have been the same (45%) or colder than usual (19%). The majority of those who perceive […] Read more »
Poll questions shift public views on global warming
… After every hurricane, heat wave or hullabaloo over climate science, the polling results come, watched breathlessly for some shift in U.S. public opinion about global warming. All the hand-wringing may not have amounted to anything, suggests one long-term look at all those polls. The majority of the public pretty […] Read more »
Unlocking the Conspiracy Mind-Set
… Dr. [Stephan] Lewandowsky’s survey results suggested that people who rejected climate science were more likely than other respondents to reject other scientific or official findings and buy into assorted fringe theories. … This piece of research appeared in a specialized journal in psychological science, but it did not take long […] Read more »
Americans Back Climate Change Regulation, Not Taxes
Now that President Obama has put climate change back on the table in his second inaugural address, a new national poll finds growing public support for regulating greenhouse gas emissions and requiring utilities to switch to lower-carbon fuel sources. The percentage of Americans who think climate change is occurring has […] Read more »