Americans still prefer energy conservation over production. After dwindling in recent years, Americans’ long-standing preference for emphasizing conservation over production in U.S. energy policy has rebounded, now matching levels seen in prior years. Currently 57% of Americans say the U.S. should emphasize conservation in its approach to solve the nation’s […] Read more »
Americans View Obama Better on Environment Than Energy
About half of Americans say President Barack Obama is doing a good job of protecting the nation’s environment, while fewer — about four in 10 — say the president is doing a good job on improving the nation’s energy policy or making America prosperous. Americans have rated the president more […] Read more »
Americans Again Pick Environment Over Economic Growth
Americans are more likely to say protection of the environment should be given priority, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. Since 2009, during the economic downturn, Americans generally prioritized economic growth over the environment, except for immediately after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in […] Read more »
Keystone XL Pipeline Divides Democrats
As the Obama administration deliberates over whether to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built, the proposed pipeline continues to draw broad support from the public. Currently, 61% favor building the pipeline while 27% are opposed. These views have changed little over the past year. CONT. Pew Read more »
Outlook for U.S. Environmental Quality Steady
Half of Americans think the quality of the environment in the U.S. is getting worse, a view that has remained stable for the past five years. Americans were more pessimistic about the environmental outlook before Barack Obama became president in 2009. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »
57% in U.S. Blame Humans for Global Warming
More Americans believe increases in the Earth’s temperature over the last century are due to pollution from human activities (57%) than to naturally occurring changes in the environment (40%). The balance of views on this issue is essentially unchanged from 2013, but reflects broader agreement with the idea that mankind […] Read more »