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Poll measures support for revenue-sharing plan on renewable energy that helps states, localities, and environment
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2...s-in-sync/
INTRO: Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye-to-eye on much. And they often don’t agree on various aspects of renewable energy. But a recent report finds there is one area in which they’re pretty much in sync: how certain national proceeds should be divvied up.
Results of a recent national poll shows most rank-and-file members of both parties think some revenue from renewable energy produced on federal land should go to states and local communities adjacent to these projects. Right now, it all goes to Washington, D.C.
The agreement surprised Dustin Tingley, the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, who led the survey. “I figured that there would be bipartisan support just because of the way people talked about it, but I never expected those sorts of numbers,” Tingley said. “It tells me there are a lot of very reasonable people, common-sense people, in both parties.”
The nationally representative survey of 2,000 Americans, conducted last spring, showed that 91 percent of Democrats and 87 percent of Republicans, along with 87 percent of Independents and 88 percent identifying as “other,” support distributing revenues from solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects sited on federal land to host states and the nearby communities most likely to be impacted by them.
Further, a large majority — 83 percent — said they believe renewables on federal lands have the potential to contribute to U.S. energy needs either “greatly,” or “somewhat.” The party breakdown of those responding “greatly” or “somewhat” was 93 percent Democrat, 72 percent Republican, 82 percent Independent, and 78 percent “other.”
The survey also contained questions about how such funding might be allocated, with respondents suggesting 21 percent to local governments, 27 percent to the federal government, 22 percent to the state, and 30 percent to ecological restoration.
The results were published in a recent report, “Federal Land Leasing, Energy, and Local Public Finances,” written by Tingley and predoctoral research fellow Ana Martinez, with support from Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability’s Strengthening Community Cluster... (MORE - details)
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2...s-in-sync/
INTRO: Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye-to-eye on much. And they often don’t agree on various aspects of renewable energy. But a recent report finds there is one area in which they’re pretty much in sync: how certain national proceeds should be divvied up.
Results of a recent national poll shows most rank-and-file members of both parties think some revenue from renewable energy produced on federal land should go to states and local communities adjacent to these projects. Right now, it all goes to Washington, D.C.
The agreement surprised Dustin Tingley, the Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and deputy vice provost for advances in learning, who led the survey. “I figured that there would be bipartisan support just because of the way people talked about it, but I never expected those sorts of numbers,” Tingley said. “It tells me there are a lot of very reasonable people, common-sense people, in both parties.”
The nationally representative survey of 2,000 Americans, conducted last spring, showed that 91 percent of Democrats and 87 percent of Republicans, along with 87 percent of Independents and 88 percent identifying as “other,” support distributing revenues from solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects sited on federal land to host states and the nearby communities most likely to be impacted by them.
Further, a large majority — 83 percent — said they believe renewables on federal lands have the potential to contribute to U.S. energy needs either “greatly,” or “somewhat.” The party breakdown of those responding “greatly” or “somewhat” was 93 percent Democrat, 72 percent Republican, 82 percent Independent, and 78 percent “other.”
The survey also contained questions about how such funding might be allocated, with respondents suggesting 21 percent to local governments, 27 percent to the federal government, 22 percent to the state, and 30 percent to ecological restoration.
The results were published in a recent report, “Federal Land Leasing, Energy, and Local Public Finances,” written by Tingley and predoctoral research fellow Ana Martinez, with support from Harvard’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability’s Strengthening Community Cluster... (MORE - details)