Americans seek solutions to global warming from policy, not public
29 June 2007
The first annual World Environment Review, organized by Australian environmentalist John Dee and powered by GMI, was launched this month. In the last of a ten-part series highlighting specific findings of interest for the polled nations, we take a look at the United States of America.
- More than 71 percent of Americans have at least a fair amount of concern about global warming and the U.S.’s dependency on fossil fuels. Three-quarters of Americans want the government to make renewable energy from wind and solar power more available.
- Ninety-one percent agree the U.S. is too reliant on foreign oil, and 84 percent agree that such dependence is a threat to national security. Seventy-eight percent of Americans believe the government should raise fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks, and work to make hybrid cars more available.
- Almost 81 percent of Americans are concerned about the impact that climate change will have on America’s children, but less than half of Americans are willing to initiate any new personal effort (plant trees, find alternatives to driving, turn off unused electronics, install energy-saving appliances, etc.) to do their part for the environment.
- Thirty-five percent of Americans believe the Democrats have the most effective policy to tackle the issue of climate change, while 14 percent believe the Republicans do. Fifty-one percent of America doesn’t know if either party is capable of effectively addressing global warming, but 80 percent agree the government needs to do more.
View more top findings for the United States from the World Environment Review »
Read GMI’s U.S. press release on the subject »
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