The campaign’s recent additions to its climate plan are closely aligned with the targets set in Data For Progress’s Green New Deal roadmap.
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Portfolio Description: The Department of State is perhaps the most visible and prestigious of any cabinet departments. The department presides over a wide array of tasks relating to the United States’s external affairs, including representing America abroad and advising the President on matters of foreign policy.
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As part of a May survey, we were interested in the way climate change is influencing the ongoing presidential campaign, general opinions towards climate-related individuals and organizations, and potential support for a host of proposals designed to combat climate change.
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Leaders at each level of government must now confront this crisis with solutions scaled to the scope of the challenge, and the foresight to rebuild the economy for resilience and justice in the 21st century.
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States urgently need aid from the federal government so that they can keep essential services running in the midst of this pandemic and continue to invest in long-term goals like fighting climate change.
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A green stimulus would simultaneously tackle the twin crises of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.
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The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is jeopardizing the bottom lines of the cruise, airline, clean energy and fossil fuel industries, among others. Many companies in these sectors have already received federal funds as part of the recently passed CARES Act, while others are requesting bailouts in future bills.
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A Green Marshall Plan can promote sustainable, inclusive development across the world and bridge the infrastructure gap that stymies international economic development. This report offers concrete recommendations for how a new administration can operationalize a Green Marshall Plan.
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Green New Deal policies must help current and future farmers transition into agroecology and regenerative farming. One of the major long-term solutions is securing access to affordable, high quality farmland, as accessibility to land is the greatest barrier to new farmers’ entry and success.
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The Green New Deal is a broad and ambitious agenda that includes a commitment by the federal government to invest in communities, infrastructure, technology, and good jobs to help the United States meet the challenges of climate change and achieve economic and environmental justice.
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Confronting climate change means more than just the aggressive abolition of carbon pollution. We must also adapt to extreme weather, sea level rise, and chronic effects from climate change like heat and drought that are already locked into projections of the near future.
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Recently, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced their Green New Deal for Public Housing Act. Here, we test that legislation in an electoral environment, with Republican arguments against it. We find that it has net positive support. We find that that jobs and apprenticeship aspects of the policy are the most popular. These findings are consistent with previous research on Green Housing legislation.
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Since we launched our Green New Deal scorecard, Democratic candidates — moderates and progressives alike — have released plans that leverage more ambitious emissions targets, a broader array of federal policy tools, and more robust jobs and justice programs.
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As gridlock becomes the norm in Congress, the executive branch is an increasingly appealing vehicle for climate policy. We explore public opinion about a wide range of possible executive orders to reduce carbon emissions. We find that these executive orders have broad public support; voters remain supportive even after hearing Republican arguments against executive action.
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Data for Progress and Civis Analytics
When offered a plan to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 by spending versus 2050, voters prefer 2030.
Voters prefer a jobs guarantee over a carbon tax to fight climate change.
Data for Progress recently fielded a survey of registered voters, and posed a series of questions about support for ambitious housing policy reform with an emphasis on equity and sustainability. We find that, even accounting for partisan identification, there is a clear appetite for green housing reform in the United States.
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans, including a majority on both sides of the aisle, want the federal government to ensure that school lunches are fresh, healthy, prepared onsite, and locally grown. This polling indicates strong support for overhauling meal programs in America’s schools, which would create structural change in the country’s food economy and lead to a number of benefits for schoolchildren, farmers, and workers.
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