Monday, January 23, 2017

USA: 65% of Americans Give Priority to Developing Alternative Energy Sources

Two-thirds of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy over fossil fuels (Pew Research)

President Donald Trump is promising major changes on climate and energy policy, including efforts to increase production from fossil fuel energy sources such as coal.

But a new Pew Research Center survey finds that 65% of Americans give priority to developing alternative energy sources, compared with 27% who would emphasize expanded production of fossil fuel sources.

Support for concentrating on alternative energy is up slightly since December 2014. At that time, 60% said developing alternative energy sources was the more important priority.