In a blow to the radical environmental lobby, a new national poll reveals the majority of Americans are fed up with climate hysteria and ready to put American energy independence back at the top of the priority list.
According to the survey conducted March 18–19 by respected pollster Scott Rasmussen for The Center Square, 57% of voters believe it is more important for America to become energy independent than to chase the left’s ever-moving climate change goalposts. That’s right—more than half of the country is saying it loud and clear: put America first, not the globalist green agenda.
And it gets better.
Fifty-nine percent of respondents said reducing the cost and improving the reliability of electricity and gas for American families is more important than reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That’s nearly a 2-to-1 margin in favor of common sense over climate cultism. Only 35% thought cutting emissions should take priority, which tells you just how out-of-touch the Biden-era environmental elites were—and how welcomed President Donald Trump’s energy-first policies are now.
On the question of cars—a favorite target of liberal bureaucrats and their war on the internal combustion engine—50% said keeping prices low for automobiles was more important than cutting emissions, while just 43% sided with the climate crowd. Americans clearly aren’t buying the electric vehicle utopia that the green lobby keeps trying to force-feed them, especially when it means higher prices, limited range, unreliable charging, and total dependence on China for materials.
The poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters and has a margin of error of just ±3.1 percentage points, which means the results are as solid as a West Texas oil rig.
These findings come at a pivotal moment. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently announced that the Trump administration would roll back a series of Biden-era environmental mandates—bureaucratic chokeholds that suffocated American businesses and households under the guise of climate justice. Among them? Rules that punished coal-fired power plants, hamstrung the auto industry, and threatened to drive electricity bills through the roof.
Zeldin hit the nail on the head when he said these policies amounted to “hidden taxes” on the American people. What Biden’s climate czars called “regulations,” the rest of us call highway robbery. If Trump’s rollback effort succeeds—as it should—families can expect relief at the gas pump, more affordable home heating, and a serious reduction in the cost of doing business.
And let’s not forget: the liberal obsession with climate regulations never actually delivers environmental progress. Instead, it exports our energy needs to hostile regimes like China and Iran, makes us dependent on foreign oil, and crushes working-class Americans under the weight of green virtue-signaling.
Meanwhile, President Trump’s America First energy strategy is exactly what this country needs right now. Unleash our oil and gas potential, cut the red tape, and let hardworking Americans power this nation like they’ve done for generations.
This poll is a wake-up call to any lingering establishment types still dreaming of carbon credits and Paris Accords. Americans aren’t asking for more climate propaganda—they’re demanding reliable, affordable energy from right here at home. And with President Trump back in the driver’s seat, they just might get it.
