Nationwide poll shows bipartisan support for natural gas

The reality is voters across party lines overwhelmingly want natural gas to play a role in the energy transition. That’s what a new nationwide poll conducted by Democratic polling firm Impact Research and commissioned by the Partnership to Address Global Emissions (PAGE) found. Ahead of the upcoming election, climate-minded candidates would be wise to consider where voters stand on natural gas as an energy and climate solution.

"Pursuing perfection at the expense of the good can derail the progress made over the last decade and put the world even farther behind in its pursuit of maintaining 1.5 degrees Celsius. Following the House votes in support of BTU tax in 1997 and the cap-and-trade bill of 2010, my fellow Democrats understand all too well the long-term consequences of overreaching on climate policies during an election year. It was nearly a decade following those votes before we saw majority support for ambitious climate legislation."

The natural gas industry is also making rapid progress in reducing methane emissions, cementing natural gas's role in the energy transition. The sector is proving it's taking methane seriously, leading to a 23% reduction in U.S. energy industry methane emissions from 2020 through 2022. Only an additional 7% decline is needed by 2030 to meet the globalmethane pledge.

This methane progress is only growing natural gas's positive climate impact. It builds on the DOE's 2019 study, which concluded that the life cycle emissions of U.S. LNG exports to Europe and Asia are lower than those of regional coal and Russian gas.