Poll-Driven Regulations?
Not the right question.
According to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, “Seven in 10 Americans see global warming as a serious problem facing the country, enough to fuel broad support for federal efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions – even if it raises their own energy costs.” This is contrary to previous poll results showing that Americans generally are not all that concerned about global warming and place it at the bottom of a long list of priority issues. And of course, EPA regulations are (or should be) subject to the Constitution, not poll numbers. More…