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 »
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 »
Smaller Majorities in U.S. Favor Gov’t Pollution Controls
More than six in 10 Americans favor setting higher emissions and pollution standards for business and industry, and imposing mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases. The percentages favoring these actions, however, are lower than in 2007 and prior years. CONT. Frank Newport, Gallup Read more »
Climate Change in the American Mind
… By more than a three-to-one margin, more Americans think global warming is happening than think it is not. Currently, 64% of Americans think global is happening, a number that has been relatively stable over the past three years. … Few Americans are “very worried” about global warming and many […] Read more »