polls
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The Climate Post: Defining moment still seeks definition
First things first: Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman last week unveiled their draft energy and climate legislation, called the American Power Act, in a Senate committee room overstuffed with lobbyists, policy wonks, journalists, and other observers. The bill’s authors must steer it through the “usual” complexity intrinsic to the climate debates, and now too […]
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Poll results on energy, climate, and offshore drilling are all over the map
More evidence that polls are to be taken with a thousand grains of salt: A few days ago, former Obama pollster Joel Benenson released the results of a survey showing that 61 percent of those queried support a comprehensive clean energy bill that would charge energy companies for carbon pollution, and 39 percent said they […]
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Republican Opinions on Environmentalism have Shifted Drastically in the Past 10 Years
In honor of Earth Day, Gallup has just released polling showing how American’s opinions of the environmental movement have changed in the previous ten years. At first glance, the results aren’t pretty: But as has been the case in several other recent polls, the change is due almost entirely to a sharp shift among Republicans. […]
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Energy production vs. environmental protection: The partisan divide
Via Samantha Thompson, a new Gallup poll found that, for the first time in 10 years of polling, Americans prioritize energy production over the protection of the environment. Here is the key chart: While the chart is compelling, it falls short on multiple levels. 1. The options it presents are a false dichotomy. We have […]
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Energy trumps the environment, poll finds
The majority of Americans prioritize the development of energy supplies over the protection of the environment, a new Gallup poll has found, the first time this has happened in the question’s ten-year history. Conducted in early March, before President Obama’s announcement that he would open much of America’s coastlines to offshore drilling, the poll’s results […]
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Dems more trusted on energy than any other issue, continue pursuing polluter-friendly GOP ideas
In new polling focused primarily on healthcare, Washington Post-ABC asked the following question: Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling (ITEM)? Here are the results: Democrats Republicans The Economy 44 36 Health Care 47 34 Immigration Issues 38 35 The Situation in Afghanistan 43 […]
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Poll results handily explained by what bloggers think
First things first: Another week of waiting for details of Senate legislation left little public grist this week. The Economist runs a climate package, which is worth reading. Beyond that, it’s a good time to take a step back. Last week, Gallup released results of its latest global warming poll. They found that nearly half […]
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New Gallup poll shows sharp partisan divide in understanding of climate change
Newly released Gallup polling seems to show a sharp drop in the percentage of Americans who know about, are concerned about, and understand the threat of global warming. The piece leads with a graph showing a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans who think the seriousness of global warming is generally exaggerated: When […]
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