{"id":204,"date":"2013-01-14T10:59:51","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/overwhelming-majority-of-americans-want-clean-water-and-renewable-energy-poll.html"},"modified":"2013-01-14T10:59:51","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T15:59:51","slug":"overwhelming-majority-of-americans-want-clean-water-and-renewable-energy-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/overwhelming-majority-of-americans-want-clean-water-and-renewable-energy-poll.html","title":{"rendered":"Overwhelming majority of Americans want clean water and renewable energy &#8211;poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/release\/poll-water-high-priority-bipartisan-majority-americans?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d4c970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d4c970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nA\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/release\/poll-water-high-priority-bipartisan-majority-americans?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29\">new poll<\/a>\nsays 94% want new energy balanced with clean air and water, 86% want to shift from coal and nuclear to wind and water power, and 79% are concerned about shale gas fracking affecting water quality.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nA few excerpts from the PR\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewg.org\/release\/poll-water-high-priority-bipartisan-majority-americans?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ewg_alltopics+%28EWG%3A+All+Topics%29\">\nWater is High Priority for Bipartisan Majority of Americans<\/a>,\n10 January 2013,\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>\n92 percent of Americans think \u201cU.S. energy planning and\ndecision making\u201d should be based on \u201ca comprehensive\nunderstanding of what our national water resources are\u201d\n\u2014 a national water roadmap that Congress asked for, but which\nwas never produced. The national water roadmap attracts the support\nof 92 percent of Republicans, 89 percent of Independents, and 94\npercent of Democrats.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n86 percent of Americans want leadership on shifting from coal and\nnuclear energy to wind and solar. Support for this approach exists\nacross party lines, including 72 percent of Republicans, 83 percent\nof Independents, and 97 percent of Democrats.\n<\/li>\n<li>\n86 percent of Americans \u201csupport more studies of the health\nand environmental consequences of the chemicals\u201d used in\nfracking. Supporters of this approach include 81 percent of\nRepublicans, 84 percent of Independents, and 89 percent of\nDemocrats.\n<\/li>\n<li>\nThree quarters of Americans have heard of fracking, with 51 percent\nsaying they are very or somewhat familiar with it. 79 percent of\nAmericans are concerned about fracking \u201cas it relates to water\nquality.\u201d\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nWhat is to be done?\n<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/04\/36-u-s-citizen-run-organizations-with-million-members-unite-to-fight-for-serious-renewable-energy-agenda-2\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d62970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d62970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\nPam Solo, president and founder, Civil Society Institute, said:\n\u201cThis survey should be a wake-up call for federal elected\nofficials. The polling data we are releasing today should give pause\nto decision makers who assume the American public will support\nenergy policies without regard to consequences or the impact these\nchoices have on safe drinking water. The voracious appetite that\nconventional energy such as gas, oil, coal and nuclear power has on\nwater availability is increasingly a problem for many parts of the\ncountry. When given a menu of choices and not asked a simple &#8216;yes or\nno&#8217; question, Americans weigh our options and come down in favor of\nincreased energy efficiency and low environmental impact and\nhealthier energy futures such as wind and solar power. The distance\nbetween what the public values and where political decision makers\nare headed should be seen as an opportunity for real leadership at\nthe federal level. Energy policy is at the heart of our economic\nprosperity, public health, and national security. And Americans\noverwhelmingly want a voice that can counter the undue influence of\nthe energy industries that have a stake in business as usual.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/citizenactionmonitor.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/04\/36-u-s-citizen-run-organizations-with-million-members-unite-to-fight-for-serious-renewable-energy-agenda-2\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d73970b\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017c35c00d73970b-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\n&#8220;The takeaway from this important poll is that access to clean, safe\ndrinking water is first and foremost on Americans&#8217; minds as we dive\nheadlong into a new era of energy production in the United States,&#8221;\nsaid Heather White, executive director at Environmental Working\nGroup. &#8220;Americans are concerned about water quality, but also water\navailability when they look at how much is used in the quest for\ndomestic sources of energy. Shale gas drilling or \u2018fracking&#8217;,\nnuclear energy and coal production use vast amounts of the natural\nresource we the people need to survive. That is why the overwhelming\nmajority of Americans want leaders in Washington to shift from coal\nand nuclear to wind and solar energy. Given the gridlock on Capitol\nHill even on its basic responsibilities like avoiding the \u2018fiscal\ncliff,&#8217; most Americans understand that it&#8217;ll be up to the public to\npush the federal government and the country on a truly clean energy\npath.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe same two groups did a poll last summer that found\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.civilsocietyinstitute.org\/media\/042512release.cfm\">\nSURVEY: &#8220;PARTISAN DIVIDE&#8221; ON ENERGY ISSUES IS A MYTH, STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT SEEN FOR SHIFT TO CLEANER ENERGY:\nWashington Out of Step With Public? Little Confidence Seen in National Lawmakers Finding Solutions is Evident in Across-the-Board Political Support for Grassroots Drive to Take Back Issue.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\nA key finding: More than three out of four Americans (76\npercent)\u2014including 58 percent of Republicans, 83 percent of\nIndependents, and 88 percent of Democrats \u2014 think that the\nUnited States should move to a sustainable energy future through &#8220;a\nreduction in our reliance on nuclear power, natural gas and coal,\nand instead, launch a national initiative to boost renewable energy\nand energy efficiency.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nConducted March 22-25, 2012, the new ORC International survey of\n1,019 Americans shows that:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nAbout two out of three Americans (66 percent)\u2014including 58\npercent of Republicans, 65 percent of Independents, and 75 percent\nof Democrats \u2014 agree that the term &#8220;&#8216;clean energy standard&#8217;\nshould not be used to describe any energy plan that involves nuclear\nenergy, coal-fired power, and natural gas that comes from hydraulic\nfracturing, also known as &#8216;fracking&#8217;.&#8221;\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe change from coal, gas, and nuclear to solar and wind\nwill happen if enough of us demand it.\nThe Georgia legislature meets today.\nThere&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/10\/who-to-contact-about-nuclear-vs-solar.html\">\na place to start.<\/a>\nAnd here&#8217;s\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/03\/separate-cwip-payments-to-georgia-power-wace-call-for-action.html\">\nanother way to say you want clean solar and wind energy while protesting\nGeorgia Power&#8217;s stealth rate hikes for nuclear and natural gas.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new poll says 94% want new energy balanced with clean air and water, 86% want to shift from coal and nuclear to wind and water power, and 79% are concerned about shale gas fracking affecting water quality. 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