2018 Conference

Full Presentation Panel

Much has changed on the energy policy landscape in the last decade, from the defeat of the Waxman-Markey bill, to the rise of a suite of carbon-focused policies under President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency, to President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.  But how have public attitudes about climate change and energy policy changed over that time?  Since 2008, the University of Michigan and Muhlenberg College have conducted the National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE), a biannual national opinion survey on energy and climate policy.  To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of the survey, we are pulling together a series of reports highlighting the breadth of topics covered in the survey, as well as making all data from the survey publicly accessible.  In this session, we’ll present time-series data about how attitudes about energy policy and climate change have changed over that time period, and provide attendees with information about how they can freely access this survey data for their own research or teaching.