As Barack Obama nears the halfway point of his second term, things appear finally to be looking up for the president after a difficult year. For the first time since September 2013, Gallup’s daily polling on Mr. Obama’s job approval rating shows it above water: 48% of Americans approve of […] Read more »
As U.S. Energy Production Grows, Public Policy Views Show Little Change
The public is gradually becoming aware of America’s energy boom. Currently, 54% say domestic energy production has been increasing in recent years, up from 48% in September 2013. Meanwhile, the recent slide in gas prices is registering widely: An overwhelming 89% say that that pump prices have fallen in the […] Read more »
Public Perceptions Of The Health Consequences Of Global Warming
… In our new report, Public Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming, we find that Americans are generally unaware of potential health consequences of global warming. When asked what global warming-related health problems, if any, Americans are experiencing, only about one in four respondents (27%) were able to […] Read more »
American Attitudes about Global Warming and Energy Policy
In its inaugural poll of Americans’ environmental attitudes, a new collaboration between The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that most Americans say the United States ought to take a leadership role in combatting global warming, and twice as […] Read more »
Tea Partiers and traditional Republicans are split on science
It is very common these days to hear references to Republicans having conflicts with science. … But if a new study just out in the journal Environmental Politics is correct, the conflict between “Republicans” and the scientific community may really boil down to a conflict between scientists and today’s so-called […] Read more »
A big reason climate change isn’t a priority: The apocalypse
If you want to understand how little urgency there is among the American public about climate change, consider this: A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute asked people about the severity of recent natural disasters. About six in 10 (62 percent) said climate change is at least partly […] Read more »