Resource Type: Polling & Surveys

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polling on infrastructure and climate policy and oil and gas company accountability.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polling on infrastructure policy, conservative clean energy beliefs, and conservation as a bipartisan priority.

Clean energy and climate mitigation policies are very popular. 60% of registered voters say developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress. 78% support providing tax rebates to people who purchase energy-efficient vehicles or solar panels. 76% support funding more research into renewable energy sources. 72% support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant. 67% support transitioning the U.S. economy (including electric utilities, transportation, buildings, and industry) from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050. 82% support re-establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, which would employ workers to protect natural ecosystems, plant trees in rural and urban areas, and restore the soil on farmlands. 56% of registered voters support a U.S. president declaring global warming a national emergency if Congress does not act. Many more related survey questions were asked.