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Do voters support President Trump’s climate and energy policies? [1]

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Date: 2025-04

In his first week in office, President Trump signed multiple executive orders related to climate change and energy. He paused spending under the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; declared a National Energy Emergency to accelerate development of fossil fuels, nuclear energy, and critical minerals; halted federal permits, leases, and loans for new onshore and offshore wind projects; lifted all restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Alaska, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; restarted approvals for liquified natural gas exports; revised rules and tax credits for electric vehicles; instructed the EPA to review the 2009 “endangerment finding” that carbon emissions threaten public health and welfare which should be regulated (for a summary, see here); and announced that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Most registered voters support climate-friendly policies Registered voters across the political spectrum support many policies designed to reduce carbon pollution and fossil fuel dependence and promote clean energy, including: 88% support providing federal funding to help farmers improve practices to protect and restore the soil, so it absorbs and stores more carbon.

77% support funding more research into renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind power.

74% support setting strict limits on methane emissions from oil and gas production.

73% support regulating carbon dioxide (the primary greenhouse gas) as a pollutant.

69% support providing tax credits or rebates to encourage people to buy electric appliances, such as heat pumps and induction stoves, that run on electricity instead of oil or gas.

69% support funding more research on global warming and climate change by Federal agencies such as NASA, NOAA, and the EPA.

67% support requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a carbon tax and use the money to reduce other taxes (such as income tax) by an equal amount.

63% support transitioning the U.S. economy (including electric utilities, transportation, buildings, and industry) from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050.

58% support providing tax rebates for people who purchase electric vehicles. Most registered voters say the U.S. should use more renewable energy and less fossil fuels A majority of registered voters (71%) say that, in the future, the U.S. should use more renewable energy sources (solar, wind, and geothermal) than it does today while only 12% say the U.S. should use less. By contrast, a majority of registered voters (61%) say that, in the future, the U.S. should use less fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) than it does today while only 17% say the U.S. should use more. A majority of registered voters support U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement In December 2015, officials from 196 countries (nearly every country worldwide) met in Paris at the United Nations Climate Change Conference and negotiated a global agreement to limit global warming. On Earth Day, April 2016, the United States and 174 other countries signed the agreement, with all other countries soon following suit. However, the United States withdrew from the agreement during President Trump's first term. The United States rejoined the agreement soon after President Biden’s inauguration in 2021. On the day of his second inauguration, January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to again withdraw the United States from the agreement. A large majority of registered voters (73%) support U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement, including nearly two out of three liberal and moderate Republicans and four in ten conservative Republicans. The full report includes many other important findings, including voters’ priorities for action on global warming and clean energy by the president and Congress, awareness of and support for the Inflation Reduction Act, use of public land to produce renewable energy or fossil fuels, views about clean energy vs. fossil fuels as a strategy to grow the economy and create jobs, support for policies to promote climate justice, support for providing aid to developing countries for climate change mitigation and adaptation, support for increasing tariffs on Chinese solar panels and EVs, and willingness to take political actions to limit global warming. Overall, we find that most Americans, including many Republicans, do not support President Trump's proposed climate and energy policies. We also find that there are millions of Americans who are willing to express their views to elected officials if asked to by people or organizations they trust. On behalf of the research team: Edward Maibach, Seth Rosenthal, John Kotcher, Emily Goddard, Jennifer Carman, Teresa Myers, Marija Verner, Jennifer Marlon, Matthew Goldberg, Joshua Ettinger, Julia Fine, Kathryn Thier, and Anthony Leiserowitz. For media inquiries, please contact Eric Fine and Michaela Hobbs. For partnership inquiries, please contact Joshua Low.

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