This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new polling on the Inflation Reduction Act.
HEADLINES
Navigator
Voters continue to support the Inflation Reduction Act by a wide margin a year after its passage [Release, Deck, Topline]
Data for Progress
The Inflation Reduction Act’s core climate and clean energy provisions remain popular [Article, Topline]
The Economist + YouGov
More than half of Americans now say that they’ve personally felt the effects of climate change [Topline, Crosstabs]
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GOOD DATA POINTS TO HIGHLIGHT
[Inflation Reduction Act] Voters support the Inflation Reduction Act by a 65%-22% margin after reading a brief description of it [Navigator]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 80% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s standards to ensure that businesses receiving government clean energy tax credits pay their workers a fair wage and make their goods in America [Data for Progress]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 73% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision to ramp up production of American-made clean energy technologies to strengthen our energy supply chains and manufacturing industries [Data for Progress]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 73% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s penalties for oil and gas companies that are found to have pumped out excess methane gas pollution into the air [Data for Progress]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 71% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s investments to reduce pollution and improve public health in disadvantaged communities that are disproportionately impacted by climate change [Data for Progress]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 70% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s provision of up to $14,000 in rebates on home energy efficiency investments per household that save families money and help reduce reliance on fossil fuels [Data for Progress]
[Inflation Reduction Act] 69% of voters support the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax credits for businesses that produce clean electricity such as solar and wind power, electric vehicles, and other new clean energy technologies [Data for Progress]
[Climate Change] 58% of Americans recognize that the world’s climate is changing as a result of human activity [The Economist + YouGov]
[Climate Change] 52% of Americans say that they have personally felt the effects of climate change [The Economist + YouGov]
[Issue Priority] More Americans name climate change and the environment as the single “most important issue” to them than any other issue aside from inflation/prices, health care, and the economy/jobs [The Economist + YouGov]
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