{"id":924135,"date":"2021-10-26T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=924135"},"modified":"2021-10-26T10:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T14:59:10","slug":"americans-believe-climate-change-is-happening-but-are-only-willing-to-pay-1-in-carbon-tax-poll-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-believe-climate-change-is-happening-but-are-only-willing-to-pay-1-in-carbon-tax-poll-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Believe Climate Change Is Happening But Are Only Willing To Pay $1 In Carbon Tax, Poll Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famericans-believe-climate-change-is-happening-but-are-only-willing-to-pay-1-in-carbon-tax-poll-shows%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=924135&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The majority of Americans believe that human-caused climate change is occurring but are unwilling to pay more than $1 extra to mitigate its effects, a new poll shows.<\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8784-EPIC-Final-Topline-1.pdf#page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> by The Associated Press and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago showed that 75% &nbsp;of Americans think that human activities cause some climate change. Of those surveyed, 55%&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8784-EPIC-Final-Topline-1.pdf#page=8\">said<\/a>&nbsp;that they would be in favor of Congress passing legislation making the U.S. less reliant on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked whether they would be tolerant of added energy costs, respondents balked, the poll showed. Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/green-new-deal-handouts-subsidies-democrats-joe-biden-budget-energy-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have proposed<\/a> a number of provisions in their pending budget reconciliation package that would result in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/15\/house-republicans-joe-biden-administration-jennifer-granholm-energy-crisis\/\">higher energy costs<\/a> for American consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Among those asked if they would be in favor of paying just $1 per month extra to combat climate change, only 52% said they would be either somewhat or fully supportive, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnorc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8784-EPIC-Final-Topline-1.pdf#page=12\">according<\/a> to the AP survey. Just 35% of those surveyed said that they would support a $10 per month fee, the next highest option presented by researchers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say, like 5, 10 dollars, as long as it\u2019s really being used for what it should be,\u201d Krystal Chivington, one of the respondents, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/climate-joe-biden-science-environment-and-nature-only-on-ap-1e48e3315d2e0b618ccaa4a8d466e057\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> the AP. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/green-new-deal-handouts-subsidies-democrats-joe-biden-budget-energy-climate-change\/\">(RELATED: Here Are All The Green New Deal Handouts Democrats Wedged Into Their $3.5 Trillion Budget)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another respondent, Mark Sembach, said that corporations should bear the brunt of the costs associated with transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables, according to the AP.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7309065\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7309065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden speaks at an event on Oct. 20 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI think it needs to fall a great deal on responsible corporations that\u2019s \u2014 and unfortunately \u2026 most corporations aren\u2019t responsible,\u201d Sembach told the AP. \u201cAnd I think there needs to be a lot of pushback as to who ultimately pays for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/us7.campaign-archive.com\/?u=03c6bd2c940b3a70bc44f0b69&amp;id=c60a282db0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">faced<\/a>&nbsp;increased pressure from environmental activists to pass climate provisions in their budget. However, some Democrats in Congress, including Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, pushed back on many of the most costly ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/19\/joe-manchin-climate-change-carbon-tax-democrats-budget\/\">shot down<\/a> the $150 billion Clean Electricity Performance Program, a central part of the budget in addition to a potential carbon tax. President Joe Biden also rejected a carbon tax.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, if you notice the \u2014 you know, the way you usually pay for infrastructure bill \u2014 infrastructure is by gasoline taxes? I wouldn\u2019t allow that because that would tax people making under $400,000,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2021\/10\/20\/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-and-build-back-better-agenda-2\/\">said<\/a> during remarks in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 20.<\/p>\n<p>But the Democrats\u2019 budget bill still includes a methane fee, which industry groups and elected officials&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/14\/west-virginia-states-congress-energy-prices-methane-fee\/\">argued<\/a> would increase energy costs for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The majority of Americans believe that human-caused climate change is occurring but are unwilling to pay more than $1 extra to mitigate its effects, a new poll shows.A recent poll &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}