Large majorities of voters across party lines agree that the federal government should invest in American EV manufacturing jobs, expand EV charging infrastructure, and help make EVs more affordable. 85% of voters say that the federal government should increase the number and reliability of public electric vehicle charging stations. 85% of voters say that the federal government should make electric vehicles more affordable for average Americans and working families. 80% of voters say that the federal government should make investments that create electric vehicle manufacturing jobs in the U.S. 72% of voters say that the federal government should keep the $7,500 tax break for Americans who buy an electric vehicle.

In this episode, David Roberts is joined by Albert Gore to discuss the fate of the electric-vehicle tax credits under the Trump administration. Gore explains how the consumer credit provides a demand-side signal to complement the supply-side manufacturing credits, and why eliminating either would primarily benefit Chinese manufacturers.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new polling about federal funding cuts, including to national parks and forests, and new polling about carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

The Public Environmental Data Partners are committed to preserving and providing public access to federal environmental data. They are a volunteer coalition of several environmental, justice, and policy organizations, researchers across several universities, archivists, and students who rely on federal datasets and tools to support critical research, advocacy, policy, and litigation work. To gather insights on what data to preserve, they reached out to our networks, which consist largely of environmental justice groups and networks, state and local government climate offices, and academic researchers. They compiled a large list of federal databases and tools, and prioritized them based on their relative impact, their confidence that we could archive them, and the relative effort it would take to obtain and archive them. Examples include: access to FEMA’s Future Risk Index, EPA EJAM, and more.

This map shows locations of electric vehicle charging stations around the U.S.

Voters know virtually nothing about carbon dioxide removal (CDR), but warm to it quickly when exposed to more information. Voters support the Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act by a 68%-19% margin after reading a brief description of it. Among voters who have any familiarity with CDR (including all those who have heard at least “a little” about it), impressions of it are overwhelmingly positive (56% favorable / 16% unfavorable). And after reading a description, around two-thirds of voters (65% favorable / 15% unfavorable) – including majorities of Democrats (70% favorable), independents (66%), and Republicans (57%) – have favorable opinions of CDR.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new polling on federal government cuts, a new edition of Colorado College’s long-running “Conservation in the West” survey, and recent polling on extreme weather in California.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new results from the EPC’s collaborative Community Poll project, a new edition of Yale and GMU’s long-running “Climate Change in the American Mind” study, and new polling on federal tax proposals and the agencies and programs that could be cut.

California voters blame climate change and corporate greed for the rise in their home insurance costs, and most support legislation that would enable individuals and insurance companies to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate-related damages. The majority of voters in the state (57%), including 37% of Republicans, say that the fossil fuel industry is at least “somewhat” responsible for the recent L.A. wildfires. By a two-to-one margin, Californians support legislation that would allow individuals and insurance companies to hold oil and gas companies responsible for climate-related damages. Californians support this proposed legislation (SB 222) by a 60%-30% margin. The idea earns substantial support from all corners of the California electorate, with 78% of Democrats, 49% of independents, and 42% of Republicans in favor of it.

From clean energy projects to bridges, this interactive tool shows what projects lawmakers announced in your neighborhood. What kinds of climate and infrastructure projects have been announced in which communities and across the country? Which ones may now be at risk? Now anyone can use a ZIP code to find out. To understand the stakes of these signature pieces of legislation, Grist developed a tool that combines information across multiple datasets to reveal where more than $300 billion of the funds promised under the two pieces of legislation have been awarded across the United States. Enter a ZIP code, city name, or other location in the search box below to discover projects within any radius of a chosen area.