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Winter Storm Uri put the lack of weatherization and winterization of the Texas electric into focus, and consumers support a push for more robust legislation to that end in the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri.
Ben Leff ’16 and government professor Peter Enns are co-founders of Reality Check Insights, a company that delivers data insights related to people’s attitudes, preferences and behaviors to media organizations, political groups and others.
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Longstanding skepticism among Texans toward the climate movement has shifted, and attitudes in the nation s leading energy-producing state now mirror those in the rest of the United States.
About 80% of Americans - almost 81% of Texans - say they believe climate change is happening, according to new research by UH Energy and the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs. Slightly lower percentages said they believe the change is driven by human activities.
Most said they are willing to pay more for electricity derived from natural gas produced without venting and flaring, electricity derived from renewable generation that factors in the cost of the grid, and low-carbon or carbon-neutral transportation fuels and other energy products.