About one-third of people in the United States say action on climate change is "essential" in 2013, according to a USA TODAY/Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.
Thirty-four percent of people in the poll called taking action on climate change “essential this year." Thirty-nine percent said climate change needs to be addressed in the next few years, while 19 percent said nothing should be done and 8 percent had no opinion.
Republicans who were polled rejected two major options for mitigating climate change. Nearly half opposed setting stronger power plant emissions limits, and only one-third backed using more renewable energy. …
Sixty-two percent of respondents said Obama should forge ahead with stricter emissions limits on power plants, compared with 28 percent who opposed the idea. …
Fifty-four percent said the United States should use more renewable sources for energy, compared with 34 percent who wanted to develop more oil and gas. …
The poll was conducted through telephone interviews — half by landline, half by cellphone. It has a 2.9 percentage point margin of error.
Almost two-thirds want something done about climate change in a few years. It would be best to know how that would change with an explicit cost attached.
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