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October 7, 2020
COLUMBUS — More than 6 in 10 likely Ohio voters support repealing HB6, the state’s worst-in-the-nation energy law, according to a new poll from Expedition Strategies, with voters saying they hold former Speaker Larry Householder and his House colleagues most responsible for an alleged $60 million bribery scandal surrounding its passage.
The statewide poll of more than 1,000 likely Ohio voters also shows that 87 percent are less likely to approve of officials who were involved in the scheme to pass HB6.
Respondents cited corruption, taxpayer-funded corporate bailouts, and preventing the state from transitioning to clean and renewable energy as primary reasons for supporting HB6’s repeal. The Ohio General Assembly has yet to repeal the bill, despite bipartisan calls to do so.
Ohio voters also have widespread concerns about climate change issues, according to the poll.
Three-quarters of voters are concerned about climate change (73 percent concerned, including 36 percent who are very concerned), and even more are concerned about the impacts of climate change for the next generation (78 percent concerned, including 48 percent very concerned).
Voters’ biggest concern about climate change is its impact on the health of the people of Ohio (34 percent rank this as their top concern), followed by its impact on the economy (12 percent), the impact on Ohio’s agriculture (12 percent), and the number of extreme weather events (12 percent).
A majority (61 percent) say they think climate change is mostly caused by large corporations, while smaller numbers believe that it is mostly caused by individual human actions (21 percent) or believe it is not caused by human activity at all (16 percent).
The poll from Expedition Strategies was conducted September 9-15 and commissioned by the Center for Climate Integrity.