WASHINGTON — Many Americans believe clean-energy development and addressing climate change should be priorities for President Obama and Congress, according to a survey conducted by researchers from Yale University and George Mason University.
A majority of respondents said the president and Congress should make developing sources of clean energy a priority, with 31 percent saying it should be a very high priority, 38 percent a high priority, and 23 percent a medium priority. Only 8 percent said developing clean energy sources should be a low priority. Further, 73 percent said they favor government spending for research into renewable energy sources, the survey showed.