91% want developing clean energy to be a top priority

If you thought the Climate Deniers [who are bought and paid for by Dirty Energy] endlessly scoffing at the evidence of Climate Change and the scientific consensus, fooled Americans, not so fast as this poll shows.

Looking out the windows and witnessing the evidence seems to be enough.

It seems the only ones fooled are politicians, maybe the same ones who have accepted generous contributions from Dirty Energy: Oil & Gas and Coal

Interesting numbers:

68 percent of Americans support requiring electric utilities to produce at least 20% of their electricity from renewable energy sources, even if it costs the average household an extra $100 a year, including 58 percent of Republicans, 64 percent of Independents, and 82 percent of Democrats.


Americans want action on climate change and clean energy
By Neil Shader

It is a wild time for planet earth right now – evidence of climate change is being seen across the United States, from the parched and flaming forests in the southwest to the floods in the Midwest from melting snowpack and heavy spring rains, to the roller coaster temperatures that are plaguing the east coast.

While not all of these events can be directly tied to climate change – in some cases, possibly not even indirectly – they are all omens of what living with climate change will be like.

And while climate change denialism is in vogue among some political circles – so much so that a Republican presidential candidate admitting to believing in it (and believing that humans were partially responsible) makes the front page news – the rest of America is realizing that climate change is here, and it’s problem.

A new study from Yale shows that an overwhelming majority of Americans – 71% - believe that global warming should be a “high priority for the President and Congress.” A nearly unanimous majority – 91% – want developing clean energy to also be a top priority.

In addition to being wildly popular with the American people, both acting on climate change and developing clean, renewable energy are also incredible sources of jobs. Preparing our lands and waters to the unavoidable effects of climate change is one of the best ways to create jobs in America – more than coal and oil combined.

Renewable energy is no slouch either – with more Americans employed by the solar industry than in the steel industry, showing that not only is there already a foothold for clean energy, but also that there is room to grow.

Americans want action on climate change and on clean energy, and our economy needs it. Now it’s time for Congress to take notice.

Read the report