Resource Type: Research & Articles

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including a new edition of Yale and George Mason’s long-running “Climate Change in the American Mind” study that focuses on the politics and policy of climate change, as well as lots of new polling on gas stoves. 

Community benefits agreements (CBAs) are popular. New polling finds that 72 percent of likely voters support the use of CBAs on development projects (a +56-point margin of support). And support for CBAs holds across partisan lines, with 85 percent of Democrats, 74 percent of Independents, and 57 percent of Republicans in favor. From a race and ethnicity standpoint, support is highest amongst Latina/o (86 percent) and Black (77 percent) voters. 75 percent of likely voters also support the inclusion of local hiring commitments and 76 percent support funding for job training programs within CBAs. Likely voters also broadly favor hiring commitments for veterans (77 percent support), women (59 percent support), and people of color (51 percent support). Beyond labor benefits, voters also strongly support the use of CBAs to provide funding for senior citizen programs (76 percent), community centers and parks (76 percent), cleaning up polluted sites (76 percent), youth outreach programs (75 percent), mental health and substance abuse services (72 percent), affordable housing (72 percent), public transportation (64 percent), local community organizations (63 percent), and a local grocery store (50 percent).