Issue: Energy Policy

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including a new report from Pew about Americans’ beliefs and preferences for climate policy, new polling about residential solar, and new research about the emotions behind climate activism.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new polling about Trump’s plans for the EPA and new findings about climate change as an issue in the 2024 election.

This article reveals that opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast is driven by a hybrid network of local groups, fossil fuel interests, and national climate denial organizations. These local groups are not purely grassroots nor fully manufactured but instead rely heavily on “information subsidies” from think tanks to spread misleading narratives. The study warns that this coordinated opposition poses a significant threat to renewable energy development in the U.S.