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Subsidies for solar 22 times less than people think poll shows

2015-11-20 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: Subsidies for solar power are 22 times less than people think, according to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Solar Trade Association. On average, respondents with a view estimated that solar accounts for 196 per year but in reality subsidy for solar only accounts for 9 on an average household bill of 1,300 a year. The median estimate was 100. Many respondents said they didnt know. A survey on wind power earlier this year found that perceptions of the cost of wind were equally high....

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Solar again most popular source of energy official opinion poll

2015-11-10 11:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Blue and Green: The Department of Energy and Climate Change has this morning released the results of its latest opinion poll on public attitudes to energy. The regular opinion poll found yet again that solar is the nations favourite source of energy at 80%, higher than every other renewable or conventional energy technology. The specific question about solar and other renewables is now only asked every 6 months as opposed to every 3 months, in a controversial decision taken earlier this year. This also comes...

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One in Eight Londoners Lies About Recycling to Save Face, Poll Finds

2015-11-09 13:57:00| Waste Age

Evening Standard One in eight Londoners exaggerate how much they recycle to save face, a poll has found as a new campaign to boost recycling rates was launched today. read more

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Poll Americans Not Too Worried About Global Warming

2015-11-04 14:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming. Most Americans know the climate is changing, but they say they are just not that worried about it, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. And that is keeping the American public from demanding and getting the changes that are necessary to prevent global warming from reaching a crisis, according to climate and social scientists. As top-level international negotiations to try to limit greenhouse...

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