The support of the Americans for Green Energy Tax credits and renewable energies such as wind and solar energy has decreased in recent years, according to a fresh survey that is driven by a weakening of the support of Democrats and independent.
The survey of the Associated Press-Norc Center for Public Affairs Research showed that the support of the US-growing for tax credits for electric vehicles and solar collectors as well as their enthusiasm for the expansion of wind farms from offshore wind farms are weakened. While the Democrats remain the strongest supporters of these initiatives, the survey shows signs of growing cynicism in their ranks.
The survey results agree with comprehensive changes that President Donald Trump’s republican administration makes in the regulations related to energy and climate change, including upgrading the federal employees in these departments. And although Democrats and independent have weakened their support for some initiatives for green energy, the support of Trump’s energy policy has not increased.
The survey showed that only about 4 out of 10 US-growing a few only 1 out of 10 Democrats and about 2 out of 10 independent and three quarters of the Republican The way Trump deals with climate change, which largely pursues with its general approval rate.
Democrats and independent control the decline in the support of the support of renewable energies
About 6 out of 10 Democrats, 58%, prefer tax credits for the purchase of an electric vehicle from around 7 to 10 in 2022. The support of 49%in 2022 decreased to 28%. Only a quarter of the Republicans supported this policy in 2022, and that has not changed measurably.
“As far as environmental pollution is concerned, the vehicles have brought very little emissions into the air today,” said JD Johnson, a 62-year-old Democrat from Meadowview, Virginia, who is opposed to the purchase of an electric vehicle. This is partly due to the fact that he sees the manufacturing process of the electric vehicle as energy -intensive and believes that gasoline vehicles have improved with the pollutants they have parked.
The decline in the preference for Solar Panel’s control bodies was all along the board on the entire board than to concentrate on the Democrats.
“For solar collectors, to be honest, I don’t think they are so efficient,” said Glenn Savage, 78, a left -wing independent of Rock Hill, South Carolina. “I would rather see how they pour money into research and try to make the solar collectors more efficient before they give the public tax benefits. I can mislead about it, but that’s just my thought.”
Scientists say that the transition to renewable energies and the end of fossil fuels that release the planet warming emissions are crucial for the protection of the planet. In billions of dollars of project grants for neat technologies that were awarded during the democratic administration of President Joe Biden, the Trump government canceled, and the offshore wind sector was captivated by Trump’s executive regulation, permits, permits and loans for wind energy projects.
Less than half of US-growing, 44%, now say that offshore wind farms in the USA should be expanded, of 59% in 2022. About half of the extent of solar panel farms, while about two thirds were supported in 2022.
When people are concerned about the economy and their personal finances, environmental problems are sometimes less prioritized, said Talbot Andrews, assistant professor at the Ministry of Government at Cornell University, which was not involved in the survey.
“I think it makes people think about increased taxes or increased expenses for environmental problems if the costs for eggs go through the roof,” said Andrews.
Low support for Trump’s efforts to expand offshore drilling and coal breakdown
Trump has campaigned for the expansion of offshore oil bores and domestic coal production.
Despite a decline for extended renewable energies, the fresh survey shows that only about a third of the adults think of us that offshore bores for oil and natural gas in the USA should be expanded, and only about a quarter say this about coal mining.
In both cases, Republicans are much more common than Democrats to expand these energy sources.
Trump has tried to open national monuments for oil drilling, but more adults in the United States are the support of more public space for oil drilling. Only about a quarter of US-growing people prefer this, while 4 out of 10 are eaten. The Republicans are much more common than independent or democrats to support them.
Non -partisan support for consumers
Discounts and household appliances
The Energy Star program, which certified devices such as dishwasher and refrigerators, such as energy -efficiently, recently appeared in headlines when the EPA made plans to scrap. The blue and white logo is well recognized, and experts say that the program has had non -partisan support for a long time.
The survey showed that three quarters of the Democrats support the provision of consumer discounts for productive household appliances compared to 6 out of 10 Republicans.
Patrick Buck, 54, from Chicago, describes himself as a liberal Republican and is a fan of the consumer discount for energy -efficient devices. “It seems to work what people have in their houses because many people have many old devices and simply cannot afford new ones,” he said.
Safe air, water, meat and products
The survey showed that only about 2 out of 10 US -growing “extreme” or “very” about the ability of the federal government are familiar to ensure the safety of their drinking water, the air they breathe, and the meat, the poultry, the fruit and vegetables they buy in grocery stores.
About 4 out of 10 US -growing people are “somewhat” confident in the ability of the federal government to ensure the security of the individual of them, and about 4 out of 10 are “not very” or “not at all” confident.
The Trump administration has announced plans to trace rules and guidelines in connection with the limitation of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, such as: The Federal Government also has employees of the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Authority, who is commissioned to protect public health and to ensure the safety of food supply.
___
The AP-NORC survey of 1,158 adults was carried out from June 5th to 9th using a sample from the probability base of NORC, which is designed as representative of the US population. The sales edge for adults in total is plus or minus 4 percentage points.
___
Associated Press’s climate and environmental protection receives financial support from several private foundations. The AP is only responsible for all content. Find the standards of AP for working with philanthropias, a list of supporters and financed coverage areas at Ap.org.
