A new national survey commissioned by the Institute for Energy Research found that 70 percent of Americans oppose new energy taxes that will drive up domestic energy costs even further. The survey also finds that the same percentage do not believe such a tax would have a discernible effect on global warming.
“The American people are smarter than the political class in Washington think,” said IER president Thomas Pyle. “There is no interest in pushing through a radical agenda in the name of global warming and there is no interest on the part of consumers to pay more at the pump for a gallon of gasoline.”
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, voted last month for an amendment by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, that would have blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. The amendment failed on a 53-47 vote, but the senators who voted to restrain the EPA apparently have strong public opinion on their side.
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