With most Americans viewing global climate change as a serious environmental threat, the majority favor the United States signing an international agreement to set a binding deadline for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Green Lights and Energy Star programs, nuclear pyroprocessing, tax support for ethanol and other energy sources, appliance efficiency standards, the seriousness of global climate change, and an international agreement to control greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the survey posed a series of questions on the topic of restructuring the electric utility industry, which the new Congress is expected to begin debating early next year. Support for natural gas, other fossil fuels, and nuclear power tax incentives only measured in the single digits for each. Half of all respondents said they were in favor of the United States signing an international agreement that would set a legally binding deadline for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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