The National Surveys on Energy and Environment (NSEE) was a biannual national opinion survey on energy and climate policy. Launched in 2008, over time the NSEE has covered topics such as public policy approaches to address climate change including federal, state, and international action; energy policies such as cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, renewable energy requirements, vehicle emissions standards, and many more; and knowledge and attitudes about global warming, climate adaptation, fracking, and geoengineering. Use the links below to see pre-run data tables for NSEE surveys from Fall 2008-Spring 2019. For more complex analysis using statistical software, see how to download the NSEE datasets.
| Survey Wave |
Data Tables |
Topics |
| Spring 2019 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; climate change adaptation; geoengineering; electric cars |
| Fall 2018 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; extreme weather; role of climate change in midterm elections; renewable energy; carbon tax |
| Spring 2018 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; fuel efficiency standards; carbon pricing |
| Fall 2017 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; support for state and/or federal policies to address climate change |
| Spring 2017 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; support for state policies to address climate change; wind turbines; solar panels; net metering |
| Fall 2016 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; carbon tax; support for state and/or federal policies to address climate change; wind turbines |
| Spring 2016 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; perceptions of local weather |
| Fall 2015 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; federal Clean Power Plan; Pope Francis' encyclical; role of religion in environmental issues; hydraulic fracturing (fracking) |
| Spring 2015 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; state renewable portfolio standards; state cap-and-trade programs |
| Fall 2014 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; federal Clean Power Plan; weather patterns; Keystone XL pipeline; knowledge of climate science |
| Spring 2014 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; carbon tax; willingness to pay to prevent temperature rise; discount rates |
| Fall 2013 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; international emissions reductions (the Kyoto Protocol); cap and trade; carbon taxes; impact of partisanship on support for climate policies |
| Spring 2013 |
Data tables |
Belief in global warming; state and federal climate policy options |
| Fall 2012 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the federal gas excise tax |
| Spring 2012 |
Data tables |
Belief in global warming; policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions |
| Fall 2011 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; framing of policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cap and trade; carbon taxes; support for international climate treaty |
| Spring 2011 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions |
| Fall 2010 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; support for state and/or federal policies to address climate change; willingness to pay for emissions reductions |
| Spring 2010 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change |
| Fall 2009 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; support for state and/or federal policies to address climate change; willingness to pay for emissions reductions |
| Fall 2008 |
Data tables |
Belief in climate change; support for state and/or federal policies to address climate change |
