Report · Jun 17, 2025
Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Spring 2025
By Anthony Leiserowitz, Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Emily Goddard, Jennifer Carman, Marija Verner, Teresa Myers, Joshua Ettinger, Julia Fine, Emily Richards, Matthew Goldberg and Jennifer Marlon
Filed under: Policy & Politics
3. The Foreign Pollution Fee Act
3.1 Few registered voters have heard about the Foreign Pollution Fee Act.
The Foreign Pollution Fee Act, proposed by Republican members of the U.S. Senate, would impose a fee on products imported into the United States based on the amount of carbon pollution produced in their creation. The Act would hold major polluters like China accountable and boost U.S. companies, which have higher environmental standards.
Few registered voters (3%) have heard either “a lot” or “a moderate amount” about the Act, including 4% of liberal Democrats, 3% of moderate/conservative Democrats, and 2% of both liberal/moderate and conservative Republicans.
3.2 After reading a brief description of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act, most registered voters support the proposal.
After reading a brief description of the Foreign Pollution Fee Act, a large majority of registered voters across the political spectrum (81%) say they support it (28% “strongly support” and 53% “somewhat support”; refer to data tables, p. 46). This includes large majorities of liberal Democrats (89%), moderate/conservative Democrats (81%), liberal/moderate Republicans (79%), and conservative Republicans (76%).
