Despite Weak Economy, New Poll Data Shows California Voters Strongly Support Policies to Implement Global Warming Solutions Act |
Poll Suggests Legislators Supporting Delay of Law Implementation Could
Face Backlash in November
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three days
before the California Air Resources Board (CARB) releases its draft scoping
plan for the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), a new poll shows nearly
three out of four voters (73 percent) support state energy policies to
reduce global warming pollution. Despite the weak economy, nearly six out
of 10 voters (58 percent) support these energy policies even if they result
in higher prices, according to the poll commissioned by the non-partisan
nonprofit research organization Next 10
(http://www.next10.org/about/press.html) and conducted by Fairbanks,
Maslin, Maullin & Associates.
"The message from voters in this poll is crystal clear: don't delay
implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act," said Derek Walker,
Director of the California Climate Initiative at Environmental Defense
Fund, which cosponsored the groundbreaking law. "Californians understand
that immediate action is needed to transform California's economy and
protect our state from global warming. Any lawmaker who supports delaying
AB 32 will hear strong opposition from their constituents and is risking a
backlash at the polls in November."
Support for the proposed state policy package ran strong across party
and ethnic lines:
-- Nine out of 10 Democrats (91 percent), more than eight out of 10
Independents (85 percent) and more than six out of 10 Republicans (61
percent) surveyed support the state's package of policies to reduce
global warming emissions
-- More than three out of four White voters (76 percent), more than eight
of out 10 Latino voters (86 percent) and more than eight out of 10 of
all voters of color (86 percent) polled support the proposed package
-- More than eight out of 10 voters (83 percent) say reducing global
warming will require "action from all of us, and I am ready to make
some changes"
Environmental Defense Fund, a leading national nonprofit organization,
represents more than 500,000 members. Since 1967, Environmental Defense
Fund has linked science, economics, law and innovative private-sector
partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to the most serious
environmental problems. For more information, visit http://www.edf.org.
SOURCE Environmental Defense Fund
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CONTACT:
Derek Walker, +1-916-492-7169,
dbwalker@edf.org, or Sean Crowley, +1-202-572-3331,
scrowley@edf.org, both of Environmental Defense Fund
