'Voters strongly support transitioning to clean energy projects instead of building fossil fuel projects on public lands,' according to new DataProgress/FightFossils research published as the Biden administration moved forward with a massive lease sale.
ConocoPhillips' massive Willow drilling project on federally controlled territory in the Alaskan Arctic.
Five months ago, 82% of Democrats, 37% of Independents, and 10% of Republicans gave Biden a thumbs up on this issue. Just over a week ago, approval had decreased among Democrats and Independents, with 69% and 30% of such voters expressing support for the president's climate performance. Meanwhile, Republican support for Biden's environmental policies increased to 17% during this time period.
"If the move to approve Willow was intended to win the favor of Independents concerned about high energy prices, this research suggests it may not have landed as intended." Although awareness of the Willow project has increased since October when 71% of voters said they hadn't heard, seen, or read anything at all about the climate-wrecking venture, 52% of voters were still completely unaware of it when surveyed from March 17-21.
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