Major Poll finds Strong Public Support for Global Warming Action

“The latest Wall Street Journal-NBC Poll found overwhelming support for comprehensive clean energy legislation that includes carbon pollution reductions.  It also registered that cleaning up the BP oil disaster and energy reform is the number two priority of Americans.  Finally, it registered another drop in support for the expansion of offshore oil drilling.”

GreenTech Opinion:

As Jon Stewart’s Daily Show so hilariously pointed out a few weeks ago, 8 presidents since Nixon have vowed to reduce the U.S. addiction to oil. Not one of the 8 presidents succeeded. One wonders if the Gulf of Mexico disaster is finally galvanising U.S. public opinion to the point where the political will becomes strong enough to affect real change. The latest polls show that the public support may finally be there.

Read the full article at the below link:

http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/24/nbc-poll-public-support-global-warming-action-cost-of-energy/