Politics

New Pew Poll Shows Strong Support For Clean Energy Policies

By Karina

The Gulf Coast catastrophe underscores the need for comprehensive energy and climate reform to rein in Big Oil and reduce our reliance on dirty and foreign fuels. A new poll released by the Pew Research Center shows the American people strongly support comprehensive energy legislation that includes provisions encouraging alternative energy production and limits on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions. From the poll:

87 percent of Americans support requiring utilities to produce more energy from renewable sources

78 percent support comprehensive energy legislation that includes tougher efficiency standards

66 percent support putting limits on carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas emissions

The Democratic-led Congress is moving America in a New Direction for energy independence?working to lower costs for consumers, making America more secure, and launching a cleaner, smarter, more cost-effective energy future that creates millions of clean energy jobs and reduces global warming:

In May, the House passed the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act to provide immediate incentives for consumers who renovate their homes to become more energy-efficient ? creating jobs here at home and saving money for American families.

The American Clean Energy and Security Act, passed by the House last June, will create clean energy jobs here in America, protect consumers, reduce pollution and help free us from our dangerous dependence on dirty foreign fuels.

Through the Recovery Act, Congress has made historic and job-creating investments in a clean energy future, estimated to create more than 700,000 jobs, nearly double our use of renewable electricity, and save consumers up to $98 a year.

Full post as published by The Gavel on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).