Grist highlights a new Stanford poll which shows sweeping public support for clean energy investment.
“The results, in sum, are as follows: large majorities believe in climate change and want the government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, make polluters pay, and support clean energy.”
On Green, Senator Lugar’s energy bill is presented as the
“ latest proposal to deal with energy and global warming”
though it
“would achieve roughly half the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions sought under the Kerry-Lieberman plan and a bill passed by the House a year ago. It falls short of the goal of the Obama administration as well.”