Associated Press Poll: AP-NORC Poll: Only ‘38% of Americans support a carbon fee to combat climate change when told it would increase the cost of energy by $1 each month’

And while 38% of Americans support a carbon fee to combat climate change when told it would increase the cost of energy by $1 each month, willingness to pay decreases as the impact on their energy bill grows.

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Views on whether climate change is happening have remained stable in recent years, with 74% saying climate change is happening. However, the percent of adults who say climate change is mostly or entirely caused by humans, as opposed to mostly or entirely caused by natural changes in the environment, has declined. In 2018, among those who say climate change is happening, 60% said it is caused mostly or entirely by humans. This has dropped to 49% in 2023.

Attitudes continue to be partisan, with 91% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans believing that climate change is happening. Adults who have experienced extreme weather in their communities in the past year are also more likely to believe in climate change.

When it comes to the impact of climate change, Americans are more concerned about future generations than the effects on them personally. Lower-income Americans are more likely to be concerned for themselves, as well as for low-income communities in general, than those with higher incomes.

This nationwide poll was conducted by The AP-NORC Center and the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) from January 31 – February 15, 2023, using TrueNorth®, which combines a sample from AmeriSpeak, the probability-based panel of NORC at the University of Chicago, with a non-probability panel sample. Online and telephone interviews using landlines and cell phones were conducted with 5,408 adults. The margin of sampling error is +/- 1.7 percentage points.