Holding Big Oil accountable is politically popular
Poll after poll has found that a majority of voters across the country—regardless of race, age, party, or gender—support holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change costs. When respondents hear about Big Oil’s decades-long deception and the actual dollar-costs of climate change, support often increases.
The public supports making polluters pay
Support for holding polluters accountable has been consistently high across a growing number of national and statewide polls:
- Pennsylvania (2023)
- South Carolina (2022)
- Nevada (2021)
- Pennsylvania (2021)
- Wisconsin (2021)
- Washington State (2021)
- Ohio (2020)
- Oregon (2020)
- Maine (2020)
- North Carolina (2020)
- Nationwide (2019)
Additional resources:
- Data for Progress: Making Polluters Pay for Climate Damages is Popular Across the Electorate (2023)
- Data for Progress: Voters Support Holding Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Addressing Climate Change (2021)
- YouGov: 60% of Americans say oil firms are to blame for the climate crisis; Republicans can be convinced that Big Oil is to blame for climate change (2021)
- Center for Climate Integrity: Polling Memo