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The Woods Institute is very pleased to have sponsored a series of survey research studies illuminating Americans' views of issues involving energy and climate change.

The goal of this work has been to understand Americans' beliefs and attitudes on important issues with policy relevance, to inform public debate and policy-makers.

To date, this work has been done in collaboration with ABC News, Time Magazine, the Washington Post, and New Scientist Magazine.

Below are links to reports of these research projects, which have been directed by Professor Jon Krosnick (Communication, Political Science, Psychology). Additional links provide access to some of Professor Krosnick's reports of other research projects on energy and climate issues.

Surveys

• America's Report Card on the Environment
  Second Annual Survey - 2007
  (September, 2007 - pdf)

• Americans' Evaluations of Policies to
  Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  (June, 2007 - pdf)

• Global Warming: The Buck Stops Here
  (June, 2007 - pdf)

• Concern Soars About Global Warming As World's Top Environmental Threat
  (April, 2007 - pdf)

• America's Report Card on the Environment
  First Annual Survey - 2006
  (March, 2006 - pdf)

• Intensity Spikes in Concern on Warming; Many See a Change in Weather Patterns
  (March, 2006 - pdf)

• American Opinion on Global Warming The Impact of the Fall 1997 Debate
  (Fall 1998 - pdf)

• The impact of the fall 1997 debate about global warming on American public opinion (pdf)

• The Origins And Consequences Of Democratic Citizens' Policy Agendas: A Study Of Popular Concern About Global Warming
  (December, 2005 - pdf)

Video

• New study finds Americans skeptical about cap-and-trade policies
  (E&E TV 6/25/2007)

• Stanford's Jon Krosnick discusses Americans' perception of climate change, policy
  (E&E TV 5/9/2007)

• What Americans Think about Climate Change
  (C-SPAN 5/4/2007 - RealPlayer)

• Resources for the Future
  (Resources for the Future - search listing)

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