Climate science or politics? Disentangling the roles of citizen beliefs and support for energy in the United States

Hawes, Rachel; Nowlin, Matthew C.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102419

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“…For now, leading GOP politicians have cast their lot with fossil fuels, using renewable energy as a scapegoat for energy-grid vulnerabilities (Hawes and Nowlin 2022). However, as has long been the case for fossil fuels, the localized nature of the clean-energy boom is creating geographically concentrated interests of firms and employees.…”

Section: Pathways For Climate Progressmentioning

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US Partisan Polarization on Climate Change: Can Stalemate Give Way to Opportunity?

Egan,

Mullin

2023

APSC

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The rise of climate change on the global political agenda coincided with the growth of partisan polarization in US politics and, in many ways, their trajectories mirror one another. When the climate crisis first began to attract political attention 30 years ago, Republicans and Democrats responded with similar levels of interest and concern. Today, partisan division overwhelms all other aspects of climate-change politics and environmental politics more broadly (Egan, Konisky, and Mullin 2022; Egan and Mullin 2017).

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Section: Pathways For Climate Progressmentioning

confidence: 99%

US Partisan Polarization on Climate Change: Can Stalemate Give Way to Opportunity?

Egan,

Mullin

2023

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“…In contrast, energy derived from renewable sources-though increasing-is only anticipated to surpass energy derived from coal by 2025 (IEA 2022). Moreover, even though the negative environmental impacts of energy production from fossil fuels seem to be widely known among the general public (Spence et al 2010, Perlaviciute et al 2016, Palomo-Vélez et al 2021), and people generally support decreasing the share of fossil fuels in the energy mix (Hawes and Nowlin 2022), robust energy policies, like those aiming to keep fossil fuels in the ground, have historically received less public support than relatively softer policy alternatives such as regulations that mandate power plants to significantly reduce emissions (Bergquist et al 2020). Phasing out fossil fuels undoubtedly entails substantial transformations and involves many risks and uncertainties (e.g., how to ensure a proper execution of the processes involved in phasing out fossil fuels, and how to reassure the public that the provision of energy would not be affected?).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Trusting the minister or trusting the mayor? Perceived competence and integrity of central and local Dutch institutions governing energy matters

Palomo-Vélez,

Perlaviciute,

Contzen

et al. 2024

Environ. Res. Commun.

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Phasing out fossil fuels is inherent to sustainable energy transitions, but implementing energy policies related to phasing out processes involves risks that may affect their public support. Trust in institutions responsible for handling these risks is crucial for public acceptability, as it serves as a heuristic for risk assessment. In the current study, using the Dutch energy scenario, we examine how trust in institutions relates to public support for phasing out natural gas in the Netherlands. We build from previous research by examining this for the two types of trust most commonly distinguished in the literature, namely competence- and integrity-based trust, and for institutions operating at both national and local levels. Results showed that trust depends on the type of trust people evaluate and on the institution’s level of operation. Locally, institutions are seen as more honest and transparent, while nationally, they're perceived as more skilled and having more knowledge. Further, integrity-based trust in both local and national institutions better explained public support for phasing out natural gas than competence-based trust. We discuss these results in terms of their implications for energy policy, suggesting policymakers consider trust dynamics and tailor strategies based on trust dimensions and institutional levels to facilitate phasing out processes.

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“…L'objectif de l'enquête citoyenne que nous présentons ici (voir section 2), entreprise auprès de citoyens Norvégiens et Français, est d'améliorer la compréhension scientifique de l'expérience citoyenne des obstacles à et des solutions en vue de l'atténuation des facteurs qui causent et/ou aggravent le changement climatique. Un nombre d'enquêtes d'opinion sur le changement climatique ces récentes années illustrent la typologie et l'étendue des controverses qui entourent cette problématique, qu'elle soit posée en termes de solutions ou d'obstacles (Tvinnereim & Fløttum, 2015 ;Tvinnereim & Steinshamn, 2016 ;Tvinnereim et al, 2017 ;Kennard, 2020 ;Hawes & Nowlina, 2022). Pour explorer davantage ce que pensent les citoyens de Norvège et de France à propos des mesures adoptées par leurs dirigeants et les obstacles à celles-ci, cet article se donne de répondre à deux questions : (1) Quels thèmes font l'objet de telles délibérations ou controverses, et y a-t-il des différences entre les deux pays ?…”

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Les controverses du changement climatique en France et en Norvège. Une analyse thématique et polyphonique

Oloko,

Gjerstad,

Fløttum

2024

Nouvelles Tendances De La Romanistique Scandinave / Nuevas Tendencias De La Romanística Escandinava / Nuove Tendenze Della Roma

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Le réchauffement climatique est souvent entouré de controverses qui transparaissent dans les points de vue des citoyens. Cette étude a comme point de départ deux enquêtes d'opinions menées auprès de citoyens de France et de Norvège, deux pays européens aux profils énergétiques différents. Notre enquête s'est appuyée sur deux questions ouvertes et a permis de recueillir, d'une part, les solutions que proposent les citoyens de chacun des deux pays à la crise climatique et, d'autre part, les obstacles à la jugulation de cette crise. L'analyse quantitative et l'analyse qualitative/linguistique des réponses ont permis de déceler non seulement les controverses au niveau des thématiques mentionnées, mais également celles qui se nichent dans la complexité des unités linguistiques que portent les réponses. De la comparaison des solutions proposées et des obstacles identifiés par les citoyens des deux pays, il ressort qu'ils présentent des similarités et des différences.

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Climate science or politics? Disentangling the roles of citizen beliefs and support for energy in the United States

Cited by 15 publications

References 53 publications

US Partisan Polarization on Climate Change: Can Stalemate Give Way to Opportunity?

US Partisan Polarization on Climate Change: Can Stalemate Give Way to Opportunity?

Trusting the minister or trusting the mayor? Perceived competence and integrity of central and local Dutch institutions governing energy matters

Les controverses du changement climatique en France et en Norvège. Une analyse thématique et polyphonique

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