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Subscribe to RSSUPDATE 1:05 p.m.: Reuters has released details of its Ipsos poll. It indicates that 56 percent of Americans believe offshore drilling is still necessary. Looked at another way, it says, "69 percent have not changed their views on drilling despite the spill."
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A new round of polls this week show that even after nine weeks, Americans still haven't reached much of a consensus on the Gulf oil spill, except that BP is bad.
A Gallup daily tracking report released last night show the public is still just about split on President Obama's handling of the response, with 44 percent approving his performance. That's basically unchanged from early June.
A New York Times/CBS poll out today indicates that 49 percent of Americans oppose increasing offshore oil drilling, while 42 percent approve. But Reuters says it's about to report a poll it conducted with Ipsos North America that shows "a majority of Americans" still support offshore drilling on the U.S. coastline.
Reuters gives no numbers yet, so we don't know how far apart the Ipsos and NYT/CBS polls are.
One thing nearly everyone agrees on: Blame BP. Only 16 percent approve of BP's handling of the spill in the Gallup poll; it's in single digits in the Ipsos poll.
We'll post details of the Ipsos poll once it and Reuters release the data.
— Alex Johnson
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If the tree huggers hadn't been involved, we wouldn't be drilling at depths of 1 mile. Let's get back to drilling where it makes sense and is less risky, like Anwar.
Tree-huggers rock. Wake up, Jack. Anwar doesn't have enough oil to justify the environmental destruction that would result from drilling there. There is no point in chasing after more oil. It will not last forever. It puts money into the pockets of terrorists. It destabilizes the US. It weighs down our economy. It ruins our planet. Other than that, it's great. We need to invest in renewable energy.
This is a no brainer. Renewable energy brings jobs, security for our country, not sending a billion dollars a day to the middle east.
This is a no brainer=energy security, jobs here, quit sending a billion dollars a day to the mid-east. This is not about tree huggers it is about being practical. Maria Cantwell and Susan Collins has a great idea called cap and dividend. We charge for carbon and 75% goes to a rebate to the American people and 25% goes to clean energy which seems like a win-win for everyone. I guarantee you that oil companies won't go away anytime soon or maybe ever. In addition, they can be part of the solution. We give tax breaks to big oil so they have an unfair advantage to start. Look at the facts and lets not make a knee jerk reaction for once