Monday Poll results: Strong support for Earth Day

Earth Day hits its 46th anniversary on Friday, and almost 600 responses to this week’s Monday Poll revealed strong views on how well this country is doing to protect the planet.

1) Blaming climate change on human consumption of fossil fuels is a hoax meant to spur the growth of renewable energy sources.

Agree strongly 8%

Agree 3%

Disagree 6%

Disagree strongly 83%

2) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback should continue to be a champion of wind power in the Sunflower State, which has been called the Saudi Arabia of wind energy.

Agree strongly 76%

Agree 19%

Disagree 2%

Disagree strongly 3%

3) This nation should stop subsidizing wind and solar energy and rely more on the traditional power sources of coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear energy.

Agree strongly 7%

Agree 5%

Disagree 10%

Disagree strongly 78%

4) The U.S. Supreme Court was right this year to impose a temporary freeze on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, proposed to control greenhouse gas emissions.

Agree strongly 11%

Agree 4%

Disagree 14%

Disagree strongly 71%

This story was originally published April 19, 2016 at 11:23 AM with the headline "Monday Poll results: Strong support for Earth Day."