Americans tilt toward the view that the government is doing too little to protect the environment — at 47% — while 16% say it is doing too much. Another 35% say the government’s efforts on the environment are about right. … Significantly more Democrats (59%) than Republicans (33%) say the […] 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 »
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 »
It’s Not Easy Being Green
… As far as American public opinion is concerned, reducing energy dependence is a top priority. While a majority of Americans across the political spectrum favor measures that emphasize the development of alternative energy and energy conservation, they are not willing to personally pay increased taxes to encourage the use […] Read more »