This short report is based on a January 2013 national survey of Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents. We found that they prefer clean energy as the basis of America’s energy future and say the benefits of clean energy, such as energy independence (66%) saving resources for our children and grandchildren (57%), […] Read more »
Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support
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 Want More Emphasis on Solar, Wind, Natural Gas
No fewer than two in three Americans want the U.S. to put more emphasis on producing domestic energy using solar power (76%), wind (71%), and natural gas (65%). Far fewer want to emphasize the production of oil (46%) and the use of nuclear power (37%). Least favored is coal, with […] Read more »
Gov’t Budget, Healthcare Join Economy as Top Concerns
Americans’ prime worries when it comes to the nation’s problems today are the economy, followed by federal spending/the deficit, healthcare, and gas prices. Majorities of Americans report worrying “a great deal” about each of these, ranging from 68% for the economy to 55% for gas prices. Additionally, 50% worry a […] Read more »
Splitting Atoms: American Attitudes toward Nuclear Power
… Having grown up ten miles from Three Mile Island, I have complicated views of nuclear energy. (My family evacuated to NYC, where we watched the menacing TMI Tower II on the news and wondered exactly what it was spewing). Apparently, American public opinion is mixed on the issue as […] Read more »
What the Frack? Americans Don’t Seem To Know Much about Hydraulic Fracturing
… A March 2012 Pew survey asked how much people have heard “about a drilling method called fracking that is used to extract natural gas from underground rock formations” – a lot, a little, or nothing at all. Only 26 percent of Americans say they have heard a lot about […] Read more »