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Polling Data: Americans’ Opinions on Climate Change and Energy

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Renewable energy and climate change were emphasized in President Obama’s inauguration speech, but the White House and policy makers will only pass meaningful legislation with voters’ support. Below are a few of the highlights of polling data collected by the Pew Research Center and Pike Research regarding public opinion on climate change and green energy. [...]

Public Favorability of Energy And Environmental Concepts

The path to bringing more renewable energy and sustainable technologies into our infrastructure is by making the political environment more friendly towards these technologies. Public opinion shapes the way politicians vote or which politicians enter into office in the first place, meaning that the people have the power to influence how quickly and at what [...]

Poll: Should We Save the Panda?

A few weeks ago, Max made a spirited argument for the “eradication” of pandas. He didn’t go so far as to say we should actively wipe out the species, but let’s just say he doesn’t see the point in saving them. Then news came out that paleolithic humans used to eat pandas (I wonder what [...]

Poll: How Fast Do You Drive?

Don’t worry, we won’t report you. As a follow up to Chris’s article the last month about the 85 MPH speed limit on a stretch of highway in Texas, he ended with the following question: “Is 85 MPH too much?” We want to know what you think about the trade off between increased speed and [...]

Poll: What is the Biggest Roadblock to Sustainability?

Yesterday I wrote a piece suggesting that inconvenience is the greatest threat to sustainability. Earlier today, Justin’s article about standardized recycling labels touched on a similar topic. What do you think is the greatest threat to sustainability? Take a moment to answer the poll below. If you have a response that is not included below, [...]

Poll: What Will it Take to Make Mass Transit the Norm?

This past Sunday’s op-ed pondered what it would take to make mass transit the norm. What do you think? What will it take to make mass transit the norm? Take the poll below and leave your thoughts. Choose as many as you like. You can also write in your own response.

Americans On Climate Change: Changing Their Opinion?

The erratic weather of late may finally be making an impact on Americans’ perception of humanity’s impact on the Earth. This poll, titled Extreme Weather, Climate & Preparedness in the American Mind, presents data that shows Americans seem to now link the unusually warm winter, last year’s heat wave, and other recent costly disasters with [...]

Approve the Keystone Pipeline

Though perhaps a minority voice among the environmental set, I agree whole-heartedly with Joe Nocera’s column about how U.S. politics is interfering with U.S. national interests. Along with the incredible boom in natural gas production over the last several years in the United States, North America has been the place for booming oil sands production, with [...]

Treehugger’s “Best of Green” Voting Begins

Though we have had our own polls from time to time, today we mention Treehugger’s “Best of Green Reader’s Choice,” where you can vote for your favorite green trend, product, person, company and more in several various categories. Here is the link for the Science category (click on the double arrow to the upper right [...]

Poll: Reclaimed Water

As a follow up to the recent post on water reclamation and last week’s Five Friday Facts about “NEWater”, what is your take on reclaimed water?

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