Resource Type: Polling & Surveys

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new polling on the climate-related provisions in the White House budget proposal, new polling on environmentally responsible investing, and new polling on the EPA’s proposed soot standards.

Most recently, about 1 in 4 (26%) Americans are “Alarmed” about climate change. They outnumber the “Dismissive” (11%) by more than 2 to 1. Since the last Six Americas report, the “Alarmed” segment has decreased by 7 percentage points (from 33% in September 2021), however, the majority of Americans (53%) are still either “Alarmed” or “Concerned,” while fewer than half that number (22%) are either “Doubtful” or “Dismissive.”

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polling about people’s willingness to talk about climate change, new polling on the East Palestine disaster, and a new industry-funded poll in New York State about the state’s Climate Act and residential gas.