Blog Tag: Policy and Politics
June 25th, 2019 · Beliefs and Attitudes and Policy and Politics
Ahead of the First Democratic Presidential Primary Debate, New Poll Shows Florida Voters Support Climate Action
71 percent of Florida voters support government action to address climate change 81 percent of Florida voters are worried about the impacts of extreme weather 64 percent of registered Florida...
November 8th, 2018 · Energy, Policy and Politics and Surveys
State Energy Policy in the 2018 Midterms
Though the focus of the recent midterm elections was largely on potential shifts of power in the U.S. House and Senate, a number of states had environment and energy issues on their ballots....
November 6th, 2018 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Policy and Politics and Republicans
The Role of Climate Change Policy in Iowa Congressional District 1
Happy Election Day! Our recently updated Yale Climate Opinion Maps allow us to analyze gaps between public opinion and political will at sub-national scales, making it easier to explore the role...
October 18th, 2018 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Climate Impacts, Energy, Policy and Politics, Republicans, Surveys and YCOM
The Role of Climate Change Policy in Illinois Congressional District 6
Our recently updated Yale Climate Opinion Maps allow us to analyze gaps between public opinion and political will at sub-national scales, allowing an exploration of the role climate change and...
December 12th, 2017 · Behaviors and Actions, Climate Impacts, Emotion, International, Policy and Politics and Republicans
The Ascent of the Governed
2017 has proven to be a pivotal year in the global human struggle to adequately reduce emissions from heat-trapping gases that fuel climate change. The human and political aspect of this struggle...
October 26th, 2017 · Beliefs and Attitudes, Policy and Politics and Surveys
America broadly supports carbon reduction policies, despite Clean Power Plan repeal
This month, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced plans to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era policy to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The Clean Power Plan is the...
October 23rd, 2017 · Audiences, Beliefs and Attitudes, Demographics, Policy and Politics, Republicans and Surveys
Environmentalism’s Less-Partisan Past
President Nixon signing the National Environmental Policy Act (1969) – National Archives The way that climate change has been approached in President Trump’s administration might suggest...
September 26th, 2017 · Climate Impacts and Policy and Politics
Yale Climate Conference: A Call for Climate Solutions and Activism
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2017 has so far been the second warmest year in the recorded history of the planet. That means this year will extend the record...
April 27th, 2017 · International and Policy and Politics
Trump Can’t Cancel the Paris Agreement, and Americans Want the U.S. to Stay
Trump Can't Cancel the Paris Agreement, and Americans Want the U.S. to Stay Franz Hochstrasser, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies There has been much discussion of...