Most Americans oppose President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, with a majority saying the move will damage the United States’ global leadership, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Opposition to Trump’s decision outpaces support for it by a roughly 2-to-1 margin, with 59 percent […] Read more »
Americans oppose climate pact pullout 2 to 1; plurality rejects the economic argument
Americans oppose Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord by two to one, with a majority saying the decision will weaken U.S. leadership in the world and pluralities rejecting Trump’s claim it’ll boost the economy. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »
Most Americans support government regulation to fight climate change. Including in Pittsburgh.
… We took advantage of a survey called the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES), which has an extraordinarily large sample of about 40,000-50,000 Americans. In 2016, the CCES was fielded just before the election and asked this question: “Do you support or oppose the Environmental Protection Agency regulating carbon dioxide […] Read more »
Was Trump’s Paris Exit Good Politics?
Was President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change — which was condemned by Democrats and even by some former senior Republican officials and key world leaders — at least good politics for him? Perhaps. The move could help Trump reinforce his support among […] Read more »
The Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming Matters
Skuce et al., responding to Powell, title their article, “Does It Matter if the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming Is 97% or 99.99%?” I argue that the extent of the consensus does matter, most of all because scholars have shown that the stronger the public believe the consensus to be, the […] Read more »
Is Trump’s Climate-Change Agenda Politically Sustainable?
… The unifying thread through Trump’s environmental agenda is an attempt to resurrect an earlier energy order centered on maximizing fossil-fuel production and marginalizing considerations about the carbon emissions linked to climate change. … It’s difficult to overstate how directly this revanchist agenda collides with both the marketplace and policy […] Read more »