
SALT LAKE CITY — Most Americans want more renewable energy, but they don’t want to change their lifestyle, a new Pew Research Center survey reports.
A majority of Americans — 63% — support the goal of the U.S. taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2050, the survey finds. How they want that to be accomplished is still unclear.
Since 2020, there’s been declining support for wind and solar power options, mostly among Republicans. Before President Joe Biden’s administration, 84% of Republicans said they favored more solar panel farms, opposed to the 64% who do now.
However, Republicans aren’t the only ones with a hand in the results. Democrats are less likely to call climate change a “very big problem” for the U.S. today than they…