Here are some key findings on clean energy:

• “64% of registered voters think developing sources of clean energy should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress”
• “80% support funding more research into renewable energy sources.” Even “74% of liberal/moderate Republicans, and 55% of conservative Republicans” support it, according to this survey.

• “71% support tax credits or rebates to encourage people to buy electric appliances, such as heat pumps and induction stoves.” – Which means the administration’s decision to end the Energy Star program may not be a great political move.
• “67% support transitioning the U.S. economy from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050.” – Which means the Trump administration’s moves to bring back coal and nurture the oil and gas industry may not be popular with voters.
• “76% of registered voters support generating renewable energy on public land in the U.S.” – which belies the current GOP push to open those lands to oil drilling, which only gets 44% support in this survey.

Majorities also “support building clean energy infrastructure in their local area,” which is interesting since NIMBY (or not in my back yard) has been a familiar refrain from those who oppose it. It found that 59% support solar farms in their area, while 56% support wind farms, and 49% support electric vehicle charging stations.

Climate change?

Communities torn apart and lives upended by extreme weather events across the country (and the globe) feel in their bones that climate change/global warming is doing real damage to their lives and livelihoods. There are now almost too many cities and communities to list, across all regions and socio-economic levels.

This research demonstrates in hard numbers that the policies in the bill currently moving through Congress – and in the Trump administration’s overall agenda, including executive orders and DOGE actions – seeking to dismantle funding and policies that address climate change, are wrong-headed.

Registered voters across party lines support the government addressing this urgent and existential challenge. Disinformation on these issues is also opposed by these voters in large numbers.

Here are some key findings around global warming:

The GOP leadership and the Trump administration seem to think that all these cuts to the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Department of Interior, Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and across the federal government are good politics.

This study says those cuts are opposed by the large majority of registered voters across party lines:

• “52% of registered voters think global warming should be a high or very high priority for the president and Congress.”
• “88% support federal funding to help farmers improve practices to protect and restore the soil so it absorbs and stores more carbon.”
• “75% support regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant.”

• “79% of registered voters support strengthening enforcement of industrial pollution limits in low-income communities and communities of color that are disproportionately impacted by air and water pollution.”
• “79% of registered voters oppose stopping federal agencies from research related to global warming.” These voters want the government research related to climate change to continue.
• “78% oppose ordering all federal agencies to stop providing information about global warming to the public.” That means the public wants to be informed about global warming and climate change.

• “78% of registered voters say schools should teach children about global warming’s causes, consequences, and potential solutions.”

FEMA? Then there’s the finding that 75% of registered voters say that Trump’s plan to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is not a good idea either.

It’s Bipartisan

“While the word ‘climate’ may be politically charged for some, the need for affordable, reliable, and secure energy is something we can all agree on,” Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), who is Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, told me recently in an exclusive interview on Electric Ladies Podcast. She added that this is one of the largest bipartisan caucuses in Congress.

“Americans are calling for action, and as Members of Congress, it’s our responsibility to deliver. If we want long-term solutions that address both our constituents’ concerns and growing climate risks, we must work together to strengthen our energy and climate security with urgency,” she emphasized.

It’s bipartisan, Congresswoman Houlahan stressed in a follow up email: “Climate change is not a partisan issue — it is a reality that affects every community across our country. The challenges we face, from extreme weather to rising energy costs, demand real, lasting solutions.”

Now we’ll have to see if the Senate and House listen to these voters when they vote on this bill.