Climate

Voters say their top concerns about the recent staff layoffs at the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service are potential economic impacts (16%), increased risk of wildfires (14%), and harm to wildlife (12%).

These results demonstrate broad public support for investing in carbon removal technologies and engaging communities in their development and deployment.

Michigan voters continue to express strong support for clean energy projects and want to see stronger action taken to hold utility companies accountable for high prices and power grid failures.

The fossil fuel industry is widely seen to have at least some responsibility for the recent wildfires in California.

Voters are not enthusiastic about the Trump administration’s plan to “drill, baby, drill.”

Fifty-five percent of voters say that their home or rental insurance premiums have gone up in the last five years.

New polling finds that 76% percent of voters would approve of a new clean energy or infrastructure project in their area if it were publicly owned.

A majority of voters disapprove of a recent federal ruling in Louisiana blocking the EPA and the DOJ from investigating civil rights violations in Cancer Alley.

The National Wildlife Federation and Data for Progress surveyed likely voters in four states — Wyoming, Texas, Louisiana, and Colorado — being considered for CDR deployment to understand voter attitudes toward CDR and DAC.

Direct Air Capture can be a means of rectifying past carbon pollution, but only if it is deployed with an aim of addressing the legacy of environmental racism and siting injustices.

A significant portion of Americans are concerned about the accuracy of food marketing, particularly with respect to antibiotic usage in animal products.

New public opinion research from Data for Progress analyzes community perspectives on Direct Air Capture (DAC) – technologies shaping up to be critical in the fight against climate change.