Environmental Polling Roundup – June 25th, 2021

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including polls on federal clean energy spending.

HEADLINES

Climate Nexus – Voters want to pass economic recovery legislation (including the American Jobs Plan) that prioritizes clean energy and puts the U.S. on a path to a 100% clean economy, and Democrats are more consolidated in the debate over clean energy infrastructure than Republicans (Release, Topline + Crosstabs)

POLITICO/Morning Consult – Majority support for Biden’s full $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal is steady, and voters prioritize passing a climate bill as much or more than they prioritize passing an infrastructure bill (Topline, Crosstabs)

Navigator – Voters don’t know much about the filibuster or have strong opinions about it either way (Release, Report, Topline)

Good data points to highlight:

-Voters support the American Jobs Plan by a greater than two-to-one margin (62%-30%) after seeing it described as President Biden’s proposed “$2 trillion infrastructure plan that prioritizes investments in clean energy technologies and infrastructure, with the goal of achieving a 100% clean energy economy by 2050” (Climate Nexus)

-73% of voters support reinstated regulations on methane pollution (Climate Nexus)

-67% of voters support expanding tax credits and other incentives to promote renewable energy (Climate Nexus)

-64% of voters support raising taxes on corporations in order to pay for infrastructure spending (Climate Nexus)

-64% of voters support a carbon pollution tax on fossil fuel companies in order to pay for infrastructure spending (Climate Nexus)

-Climate/environment remains the top issue for more Americans than any other issue besides health care and the economy (Economist/YouGov)