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Voters Do Not Want New Fossil Fuel Projects Prioritized on Public Lands [1]

['Timothy Bresnahan']

Date: 2023-03-29

By Anika Dandekar

The Willow project is a controversial oil and gas drilling project in Alaska’s Arctic that was first approved by the Trump Administration and is the largest one proposed on federal lands. The project faced legal challenges from environmental groups and generated concerns about carbon emissions and potential negative impacts on wildlife in the ecologically sensitive region. Joe Biden, during his 2020 presidential campaign, promised to curtail new oil drilling on public lands. However, earlier this month, the Biden Administration’s Department of the Interior announced its approval of the Willow project.

New Data for Progress and Fossil Free Media polling, along with newly released polling from October, shows that voters’ approval of the Biden Administration's handling of climate change and the environment has diminished over the past five months, especially among Democrats, Independents, and voters under 50 in conjunction with these same groups hearing more about the Willow project over that time period.

Voters’ Baseline Approval of the Biden Administration on Climate: Five Months Ago and Now

Both in October 2022 and in March 2023 polling, we tested voters’ approval of the Biden Administration's handling of climate change and the environment before mentioning any specific policy or decision.

In October, 82 percent of Democrats, 37 percent of Independents, and 10 percent of Republicans said they approved of the administration’s handling of climate change and the environment. We see now that approval has dropped among Democrats and Independents and increased among Republicans, with 69 percent of Democrats, 30 percent of Independents, and 17 percent of Republicans saying the same.

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[1] Url: https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2023/3/29/voters-do-not-want-new-fossil-fuel-projects-prioritized-on-public-lands

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