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Poll: On climate change, Republicans are open to some policy approaches, even as they assign the issue low priority
Few Republicans express deep concern about climate change, but most still support specific policies to curb its impact. Just 10% of Republicans say climate change is a “top concern” for them personally and only 17% believe that human activity contributes a “great deal” to climate change. However, clear majorities support specific policies to address climate change: 88% support planting about a trillion trees to absorb carbon emissions; 73% support providing a tax credit to businesses for developing carbon capture and storage; 58% support tougher restrictions on power plant carbon emissions. An additional 50% of Republicans support taxing corporations based on their carbon emissions and 49% support tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars.