Data source: Pew Research Center
A new Pew Research Survey finds that Democrats, Independents and moderate Republicans favor a “cap and trade” program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and set a trading program for companies producing carbon-based air pollution with incentives to reduce emissions and buy allowances to exceed the cap.
The new poll leaves just conservative Republicans opposed. Support for the environmental program to reduce acid rain continues even when researchers raised the possibility of higher consumer energy prices.
However, the report does note that geographical divisions remain:
… those on the Pacific coast (62%) and Northeast (56%) favor a cap and trade program, Americans in the South (46%), Midwest (44%) and Mountain West (42%) are far less supportive.
