Most voters continue to say that climate and clean energy should be government priorities. Several specific policy proposals earn bipartisan support, including investing in clean energy, limiting methane, and reducing pollution in the most impacted communities. 76% of voters support strengthening the enforcement of industrial pollution limits in low-income communities and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by air and water pollution. 67% of voters oppose drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. 74% of voters support setting strict limits on methane emissions from oil and gas production. 71% of voters say that the U.S. should use more renewable energy than it does today. 69% of voters support tax credits or rebates to encourage people to buy electric appliances, such as heat pumps and induction stoves. By a 55%-43% margin, voters say that increasing clean energy production is likely to create more good jobs than increasing fossil fuel production.

Voters are deeply concerned that DOGE will cut environmental cleanup and federal disaster response. Voters have the deepest concerns about cutting Social Security benefits (70% “very concerned”) and health care benefits such as Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (65% “very concerned”). Additionally, around half say that they are “very concerned” about possible cuts to federal disaster response and weather monitoring (49%) and to environmental and toxic waste cleanup (49%).

Voters overwhelmingly agree that the government should maintain incentives for clean energy. 66% of voters believe that “the impacts of climate change are being experienced now.” Most Americans interpret extreme weather events as evidence of these climate impacts: around three-quarters (76%) say that it is likely that climate change is driving the increasing number of major weather events over the last decade. Voters support keeping incentives for clean energy by a 61%-18% margin. Additionally, by a 64%-35% margin, voters say that it is better for U.S. energy policy to focus on expanding the use of clean energy such as solar and wind (64%) than to focus on expanding production of fossil fuel such as coal, oil, and gas (35%). This poll also gauged attitudes about two other Inflation Reduction Act policies that both earn commanding support: investments to reduce pollution and improve air quality and clean water in communities with a history of high pollution (76% support), and fees for oil and gas companies that are found to have leaked methane gas pollution into the air (71% support).

The majority of Americans oppose withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, and the public is divided on whether to ease fossil fuel restrictions. Voters oppose the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords by a 56%-39% margin. Additionally, self-identified independents oppose the idea by a two-to-one margin (32% support / 67% oppose). The public is divided by partisanship over whether to ease restrictions on fossil fuel drilling and production. Americans are split evenly on this proposal (48% support / 47% oppose). While Democrats overwhelmingly oppose easing restrictions on fossil fuels (81% oppose) and Republicans overwhelmingly support the idea (76% support), independents are closely divided (47% support / 51% oppose).

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including recent polling related to Trump’s Day One executive orders, new polling on oil and gas subsidies, and a new study of Americans’ attitudes about climate justice.

Voters across parties lean in favor of ending subsidies for oil and gas companies. Voters support ending subsidies for oil and gas companies by a 48%-29% margin. Half of Republican voters are on board with ending fossil fuel subsidies. Democrats (45% support / 34% oppose), independents (47% support / 20% oppose), and Republicans (53% support / 26% oppose) all support the idea by double-digit margins.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls - including new polling on climate impacts, the California wildfires, and disaster preparedness.

There is little public support for increasing drilling on public lands or withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. Only 21% of Americans support withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, with 52% opposed. Only 35% of Americans support increasing oil drilling on public lands, with 39% opposed.

Even before the California wildfires, voters overwhelmingly supported government programs to help expand home insurance coverage, help pay for damages from extreme weather events, and invest in disaster preparedness and resilience. 74% of voters support the federal government funding disaster prevention and extreme weather resilience efforts at the community level. 71% of voters support the federal government creating a policy that would pay some of the costs of home insurance for low- and moderate-income households. 68% of voters support the federal government creating a national insurance fund to cover damages from extreme weather events. 67% of voters support the federal government providing home insurance coverage for extreme weather events directly to Americans.

Most voters believe that climate change contributed to California’s recent wildfires. Around three in five voters (58%) believe that climate change contributed to California’s recent wildfires. There is also a dramatic partisan split, with more than four in five Democrats (85%) and the majority of independents (54%) saying that climate change played a role in the wildfires while only 36% of Republicans believe so.