Poll: Most Republicans want to regulate carbon pollution

By Ryan Koronowski | Climate Progress

Climate change is a political issue – and scientists agree about human responsibility for it  /  Image- Brylie Oxley
Climate change is a political issue – and scientists agree about human responsibility for it / Image- Brylie Oxley

A recent survey found that most Republicans want the government to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and regulate carbon pollution. And the vast majority of Americans believe the U.S. should take action to reduce global warming, regardless of any perceived cost to the economy.

The new poll by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication found that 83 percent of Americans want their country to make an effort to reduce global warming, even if it has economic costs. Despite calls for American inaction on climate until other countries act first, 60 percent of Americans think the U.S. should act “regardless of what other countries do.”

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