{"id":219163,"date":"2010-01-21T17:17:24","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T22:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=1537"},"modified":"2010-01-21T17:17:24","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T22:17:24","slug":"poll-results-the-people-want-a-climate-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/219163","title":{"rendered":"Poll Results: The People Want a Climate Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate and clean energy legislation got strong support today from an unlikely source — Frank Luntz, the prominent Republican pollster.<\/p>\n

Luntz's firm, The Word Doctors<\/a>, just finished a national poll of more than 1,000 American voters. He unveiled the results of that poll<\/a> [PDF] this morning at a news conference with EDF President Fred Krupp and NRG Energy's CEO David Crane.<\/p>\n

The bottom line: <\/strong>Americans are eager for Congress to act <\/strong>on climate legislation that would promote energy independence and a healthier environment.<\/p>\n

Luntz says:<\/p>\n

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Americans want their leaders to act on climate change \u2013 but not necessarily for the reasons you think. A clear majority of Americans believe climate change is happening. This is true of McCain voters and Obama voters alike.<\/p>\n

And even those that don\u2019t still believe it is essential for America to pursue policies that promote energy independence and a cleaner, healthier environment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(You can play the audio of the entire event<\/strong> at the bottom of this post.)<\/p>\n

Here are some of the most interesting results from the poll:<\/p>\n