The Winter 2021 NSEE [National Surveys on Energy and Environment] results show 75% of adult Americans believe there is solid evidence that temperatures on the planet have risen over the last four decades. This 75% level is identical to the Summer 2021 NSEE result that established the highest level of […] Read more »
How Biden’s zero-carbon revolution would broaden the energy map
President Joe Biden’s push for a green power revolution could expand the economic benefits of energy production to a significantly broader swath of communities across America — if he can maneuver past the blockade of fossil-fuel-producing states that has prevented congressional action on climate change for years. Included in Biden’s […] Read more »
Global Warming Attitudes Frozen Since 2016
About six in 10 U.S. adults (59%) continue to say the effects of global warming have already begun to happen, and a similar proportion believe pollution from human activities is more to blame than natural causes for the Earth’s rise in temperature over the past century (64%). … In general, […] Read more »
Record-High Worry in U.S. About Hunger, Race Relations
One year after the coronavirus pandemic upended Americans’ lives and caused an economic crisis, worry about hunger and homelessness in the country eclipses concerns about 13 other national issues for the first time. The 55% of U.S. adults who say they personally worry “a great deal” about these consequences of […] Read more »
Americans Show Elevated Concern About Energy
Americans’ worry about the U.S. energy situation has risen sharply in the past year to a level not seen in nearly a decade. More than seven in 10 U.S. adults, up from about half last year, say they worry about the availability and affordability of energy. … As they have […] Read more »
Cyberterrorism Tops List of 11 Potential Threats to U.S.
As the Biden administration continues to explore how it will respond to Russia’s large-scale cyberattack against U.S. companies and federal agencies last year, 82% of Americans say cyberterrorism is a “critical threat” to the vital interests of the U.S. over the next decade. While cyberterrorism ranks atop a list of […] Read more »