Key findings from the current survey:• Most Californians support policies to address climate change, including laws to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.• Two-thirds say air pollution is a serious threat, with Latinos and African Americans most likely to say it is a health concern.• Majorities oppose offshore drilling and favor protecting […] Read more »
Two-Thirds of Americans Think Government Should Do More on Climate
A majority of Americans continue to say they see the effects of climate change in their own communities and believe that the federal government falls short in its efforts to reduce the impacts of climate change. At a time when partisanship colors most views of policy, broad majorities of the […] Read more »
Why Joe Biden Should Look to His Left
Joe Biden is the Democratic presidential nominee, and though the primary was, by historical standards, quite tepid, there is still a lot of work to be done on unifying the party. Many young Democrats are rightfully skeptical of Mr. Biden and his record on many issues that matter to them. […] Read more »
A record-tying 73% of Americans think global warming is happening
… Social science theory and prior research suggest that people have a “finite pool of worry,” such that worrying about one issue will decrease concern about other issues. In a national survey on American Responses to COVID-19, conducted separately from this survey, we found that most American adults were quite […] Read more »
More than Half think the Environment Will be Worse for the Next Generation
Many Americans remain pessimistic about the condition of the environment that will be left for the next generation, though most nevertheless think it is within humanity’s power to stop. How Americans view global warming largely determines how they view these issues, and large partisan divisions persist. … While majorities of […] Read more »
Young adults, across party lines, are more willing to take climate action
… In 2019, we found that Millennials were more likely to say that global warming was personally important to them and more willing to engage in political action than were older Americans. In our latest national survey, we asked how Americans view climate activism and what activism behaviors they are […] Read more »