Two-thirds of Americans (67%) say there is solid evidence that the earth has been getting warmer over the last few decades, a figure that has changed little in the past few years. While partisan differences over climate change remain substantial, Republicans face greater internal divisions over this issue than do […] Read more »
Continued Support for Keystone XL Pipeline
Most Americans (65%) continue to favor building the Keystone XL pipeline, perhaps the most politically contentious energy issue in Barack Obama’s second term. Yet when it comes to another issue making headlines – a proposal to tighten greenhouse gas emissions from power plants – the public favors stricter limits, by […] Read more »
Fracking fears are appalling
… The fracking issue is one where Americans have a general philosophy that’s tolerant, but shift to paranoid aversion to anything involving oil and gas when it’s in their own back yard. … The key problem with drilling is that people understand almost nothing about the technology. This lack of knowledge […] Read more »
Mixed Emotions on Energy Issues Complicate Environmentalists’ Efforts
Mixed emotions in the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll may help pinpoint the challenge confronting environmentalists looking to build a coalition behind one of their top priorities. This week’s survey tested attitudes on two hot-button issues: construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and President Obama’s proposal to regulate […] Read more »
Americans Support the Keystone XL Pipeline by Wide Margin
While the Obama administration mulls whether to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Americans are already decided. They support the project by a wide margin, prioritizing potential economic benefits over possible environmental consequences. [cont.] Steven Shepard, National Journal Read more »
What’s next for left-wingers?
… Satiated by its Obama-era policy accomplishments — government takeover of healthcare, legalization of marijuana in some states, options for immigrants, the end of wars and now gay rights — America’s left needs a new purpose, a unifying goal. Ideologues are primeval, emotional people that need a bonfire. So what […] Read more »