Activists outside demanding a vote to pass ‘The Green New Deal’ in Washington, D.C. March 26, 2019. | Photo by Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now believe that climate change is an urgent problem to address, but they aren’t nearly as enthusiastic about giving up oil and gas, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
Only one-third of people surveyed supported completely phasing out fossil fuels. Less than half of respondents are okay with phasing out new gas-powered vehicles. Taking those steps might seem drastic, considering fossil fuels currently make up about 80 percent of the US energy mix. But phasing out most, if not all, fossil fuels is pretty much in line with what’s needed to meet the scale of the climate crisis, according to climate experts.
Now that many Americans are taking the threats posed by climate change seriously,…
