Nearly two-thirds of voters support President Obama’s Clean Power Plan regulation on new and existing power plants, according to a poll released Monday.
A survey done by Public Policy Polling showed 64 percent of respondents were in favor of the regulation. According to the poll, 44 percent of respondents said they were strongly in favor of the regulation and 20 percent were somewhat in favor of the new rules.
Twenty-eight percent of those polled were against the regulation. According to the survey, 12 percent said they somewhat oppose the plan and 16 percent said they strongly opposed the plan.
The Clean Power Plan is widely seen as Obama’s signature environmental regulation. The rules would set carbon emissions targets for each state on new and existing power plants, and aim to cut carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent over 2005 levels by 2030. Many scientists blame greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels for driving manmade climate change.
Obama vetoed two resolutions passed by Congress that would have blocked the plan, and all Republican candidates for president have said they intend to repeal the regulation if they win the White House.
Twenty-seven states have sued the federal government to block the rule, along with a number of industry interest groups.
The national survey of 1,267 registered voters was done between Dec. 16 and Dec. 17. The margin of error in the poll was 2.8 percent.
