According to new survey, Americans support strong climate, energy policies

Despite a sharp drop in public concern over global warming, Americans

Funding more research on renewable energy, such as solar and wind power (85 percent)

Tax rebates for people buying fuel-efficient vehicles or solar panels (82 percent)

Establishing programs to teach Americans how to save energy (72 percent)

Regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant (71 percent)

School curricula to teach children about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming (70 percent)

Signing an international treaty that requires the United States to cut emissions of carbon dioxide 90 percent by the year 2050 (61 percent)

Establishing programs to teach Americans about global warming (60 percent).

“Surprisingly, majorities of both Republicans and Democrats support many of these policies, including renewable energy research, tax rebates, regulating carbon dioxide, and expanding offshore drilling for oil and natural gas,” said Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change.

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