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Carbon Emissions Cap and Trade - Global Warming

Last Updated: 12/15/09

Do you favor/oppose limiting the carbon emissions of companies (cap and trade)?

Some of the polls included in the average may be outdated since the latest poll for each of the pollsters are averaged in.

Pollster	Date	Favor	Oppose
AVERAGE		52.6%	40.4%
Ipsos McClatchy	12/3-6/09	52	41
ABC	11/12-15/09	53	42
NBC	10/22-25/09	48	43
CNN	10/16-18/09	60	37
Pew Research Center	9/30-10/4/09	50	39

Question Wording by Pollster

Ipsos McClatchy

"There's a proposed system called 'cap and trade' that some say would lower the pollution levels that lead to global warming. With Cap and Trade, the government would issue permits limiting the amount of greenhouse gases companies can put out. Companies that did not use all their permits could sell them to other companies. The idea is that many companies would find ways to put out less greenhouse gases, because that would be cheaper than buying permits. Would you support or oppose this system?"

ABC

"There's a proposed system called 'cap and trade.' The government would issue permits limiting the amount of greenhouse gases companies can put out. Companies that did not use all their permits could sell them to other companies. The idea is that many companies would find ways to put out less greenhouse gases, because that would be cheaper than buying permits. Would you support or oppose this system?"

NBC

"Would you approve or disapprove of a proposal that would require companies to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, even if it would mean higher utility bills for consumers to pay for the changes?"

CNN

"Under a proposal called 'cap and trade,' the federal government would limit the amount of greenhouse gases that companies could produce in their factories or power plants. If companies exceeded those limits, they would either pay a fine or pay money to other companies that produced smaller amounts of greenhouse gases. Would you favor or oppose this proposal?"

Pew Research Center

"Do you favor or oppose setting limits on carbon dioxide emissions and making companies pay for their emissions, even if it may mean higher energy prices?"

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