80% of American voters Support Action on Clean Energy, Climate Protection
From the National Wildlife Federation on Dec 23:
The overwhelming majority of Americans – more than 80 percent – support action to limit carbon pollution and move the U.S. toward a clean energy future, according to a new poll released last week by the National Wildlife Federation.
American voters demonstrate a strong desire for the U.S. to transition toward a low-carbon economy, with strong support among Independents.
82 percent of voters and 80 percent of Independents, support the U.S. government increasing investment in clean energy sources.
67 percent of voters and 67 percent of Independents, support the U.S. government limiting carbon pollution and other gases that may cause global warming.
“The American people can’t be more clear when it comes to solving global warming: they want the U.S. to be Rudolph out in front of the sleigh, leading the world toward a clean energy future,” said Jeremy Symons, senior vice president of NWF.
The poll was conducted by the Benenson Strategy Group. 1,000 interviews were conducted with registered voters nationwide from December 12–15, 2009.
Interesting that more people support “clean energy” than believe in climate change (82% to 67%). I suppose those people want clean air, even if they don’t believe in global warming. Which says to me that so-called “co-benefits” are an important selling point in reducing carbon emissions.
The NWF polls seems to contradict the results of the Pew Research poll published in October, which showed a declining number of Americans believe in global warming, and that even fewer think it is because of human activity. I think the difference is that NWF polled registered voters, while Pew polled anyone who answered the phone.
