Support or opposition to giving the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, asked in the CES in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024 with a support/oppose scale; the 2022 item carries a different lead-in about climate change.
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Latest: 38% answered “Oppose” in CES: EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, 2024.
Shares of everyone asked, including non-answers. Each point is one survey wave at the middle of its field period. Lines from different surveys are never spliced together.
| Line | Question | Match | How answers map |
|---|---|---|---|
| CES: EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions | EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Give the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate Carbon Dioxide emissions] Caveat: Wording truncated to 'Carbon' in the item label; same support/oppose scale | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: Give the EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions | Give the EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Give the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate Carbon Dioxide emissions] Caveat: Item label truncated to 'Carbon'; same scale | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions | EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions From what you know about global climate change or global warming, which one of the following statements comes closest to your opinion? [Give the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions] Caveat: Different lead-in about global climate change may prime respondents; question stem mismatches the support/oppose options | similar | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |
| CES: EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions | EPA power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions Do you support or oppose each of the following proposals? [Give the Environmental Protection Agency power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions] Caveat: Same item and scale; full wording given | identical | Support → Support; Oppose → Oppose |