Majority of Americans Want Obama’s Carbon Rules for Power Plants, Poll Finds

Americans as a whole support putting strict regulations on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from existing coal-fired power plants in order to fight global warming and improve public health, a Yale University poll released Thursday showed.

According to the poll conducted in April, 64 percent of the 1,013 Americans surveyed said they support a strict policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, while 35 percent said they opposed it — a support ratio of nearly two to one.  However, the country is divided on the issue by political party, with 80 percent of Democrats in favor of such rules and 56 percent of Republicans against.

The poll’s results come just days before the Obama administration will release what are expected to be strong limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted from existing coal plants, its most sweeping policy yet to address global warming.

Majority of Americans Want Obama’s Carbon Rules for Power Plants, Poll Finds