The Politics of Climate
Americans are polarized over the causes and cures of climate change and how much they trust climate scientists, but most support a role for scientists in climate policy and expanding solar and wind energy.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Americans are polarized over the causes and cures of climate change and how much they trust climate scientists, but most support a role for scientists in climate policy and expanding solar and wind energy.
Americans lean toward regulations – not economic markets alone – as the most effective way to increase reliance on renewable energy, but they are evenly split on whether fewer regulations can protect air and water.
Differing views on benefits and risks of organic foods and GMOs as Americans report higher priority for healthy eating
While most Americans support requiring childhood vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella, parents of young children rate the risks of the vaccine higher and the benefits lower.
64% of Americans perceive scientists as neither liberal nor conservative.
Politics are at the center of Americans’ views on many, but not all, science issues. Here are five facts from our new report.
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