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2. How Americans see Biden’s climate policies
Adults living in the West are more likely to report droughts and wildfires in their local community than those in other regions
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- 2. How Americans see Biden’s climate policies
- Wide partisan gap on whether Biden’s climate policies are taking country in right or wrong direction
- Among Democrats who say Biden’s climate policies are taking the country in the right direction, majority say he could be doing more
- Majority of Americans support requiring power plants to eliminate all carbon emissions by 2040
- Majority of Republicans favor providing a tax credit to businesses for developing carbon capture technology
- Majorities of Americans say environmental protection, economic factors are important in climate policy
- Democrats and Republicans offer different visions of what’s important in climate policies
- 74% of Americans support U.S. participation in international efforts to address climate change
- 56% say the U.S. should do about as much as other large economies to help reduce climate effects
- Americans unconvinced that U.S. and other countries will do enough to avoid worst climate change impacts
- Majority of Americans say limiting construction in areas at risk of extreme weather is a good idea
- About two-thirds of Democrats say it’s a good idea for the federal government to limit new construction in areas at risk of extreme weather
- Experience with extreme weather and views on the federal government’s role in high-risk communities
- Adults living in the West are more likely to report droughts and wildfires in their local community than those in other regions
- 60% of adults who have experienced long periods of unusually hot weather in the past year say climate change contributed a lot
- Majority of Republicans who report extreme weather experiences in their community say climate change has contributed to these events