CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change

[brooklynite]

CBS News

Record heat, hurricanes, wildfires all have been making news in recent years. And while not everyone agrees events like these are the direct result of climate change, they do connect to peoples' opinions about it: a big majority of Americans feel the U.S. needs to address climate change, with those who report experiencing extreme weather more likely to say we should do so right now.

Views on climate change have long been associated with partisanship, and they still are, but age is a factor, too. Younger Americans, including younger Republicans, are even more likely to say the U.S. needs to take steps to at least try to slow it.

There's a sense of urgency from many in the public, too. A large majority think it needs to be addressed at least in the next few years, including half who think it needs to be addressed right now.

There's the sense that we should address climate change, and there's also some belief that we can.

[former9thward]

1. The problem with these types of polls is that they just ask extremely general questions.

The poll did not ask one specific question about a specific step they would support.

[Doodley]

2. I would like this question tp be asked: "Who do you believe, Donald Trump and Fox News or climate scientists?"

[Midnight Writer]

3. I don't see a downside to addressing climate change, even to a denier.

The steps we need to take means less pollution in the air, more efficient energy use, and safer, cleaner, more reliable, more stable, more diverse energy sources. What's not to like?

Tired of gas and energy prices jumping all over the place? Then we need to stop relying on energy sources that are subject to disruptions in supply. Burning stuff we extract from the ground is primitive. We know there are better ways. We simply have to commit to change.