Post-Stanford poll: More than 70 percent oppose (climate change) policies that would rely on tax increases on electricity or gas to change individual behavior; just 24 percent think the U.S. government should provide a great deal or a lot of help to poor countries that may suffer from global warming

Post-Stanford poll finds more Americans believe climate change is happening - The Washington Post

Americans are leery of broad-based tax increases to address the problem. More than 70 percent oppose policies that would rely on tax increases on electricity or gas to change individual behavior, while 66 percent favor tax breaks to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Fewer, 20 percent, want the government to stay out of regulating greenhouse gases altogether.

About two-thirds want the United States to be a world leader addressing the problem, even if other major industrial countries do not pitch in. But being a world leader doesn’t translate into direct help for poor countries that may suffer from global warming: Just 24 percent think the U.S. government should provide a great deal or a lot of help to such countries.