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Nov 21, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley |Cecilia Bisogno |Lew Blank
By Kevin Hanley, Cecilia Bisogno, and Lew BlankIn recent years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — an agency set up after the 2008 financial crisis to regulate mortgages and other consumer finance products to protect consumers from corporate financial abuses — has come under attack from banking interest groups and conservative legislators alike.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley
By Kevin HanleyAs Portland voters gear up for a pivotal election for the city and its system of government, Data for Progress and Lead Locally teamed up to survey Portland voters about their views on key issues facing Oregon’s largest city. When it comes to candidates for City Council, having a reputation as a climate leader is advantageous, as over two-thirds of Portland likely voters say they are more likely to vote for such a candidate, including 59% of Independents.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley |Grace Adcox
Other questions in the survey reveal that, compared with previous research, similar numbers of voters believe that climate change is mostly the result of human activity rather than natural changes in the climate cycle (60%).
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley |Grace Adcox
By Kevin Hanley and Grace AdcoxNew research has revealed that the plastics and fossil fuel industries deceptively promoted recycling as a solution to plastic waste management for more than 50 years, despite their long-standing knowledge that plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at scale.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley
Next, the survey investigated the electoral impacts of oil and gas donations. A majority of voters (53%) report being less likely to vote for a candidate who accepted campaign donations from oil and gas companies or CEOs. What’s more, hardly any voters (12%) report that this would make them more likely to vote for such a candidate, signaling that there is little electoral upside in accepting such campaign donations for potential candidates.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley
By Kevin HanleyNeonicotinoid pesticides (neonics) are extremely toxic to insects, and often cited as one of the major threats to bees. In Vermont alone, 55 of the state’s 350 species of wild bees are in urgent need of conservation action. From 2016-2022, Vermont beekeepers on average lost 53% of their honey bee hives every year.
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Dec 12, 2023 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley
By Kevin HanleyAs the United States reckons with the impacts of climate change, lawmakers are debating how to pay for the growing costs of climate damages in communities across the nation. New polling from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Media finds wide support for a bill that would require oil and gas companies to pay a share of climate costs caused by pollution. Around two-thirds of likely voters support such a proposal, by a +40-point net margin.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley |Grace Adcox
By wide margins in head-to-head tests, voters reject key aspects of the Project 2025 plan. The least popular provisions include removing protections for national parks and deprioritizing environmental justice:Voters strongly support maintaining protections that prevent drilling on public lands. Three-quarters (75%) of voters believe the next president should keep current protections in place for national parks and monuments to preserve them and other public lands from drilling.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
dataforprogress.org | Grace Adcox |Kevin Hanley |Andrew deCoriolis |Trevor McCarty
Amid increasing scrutiny of the meat industry for its impacts on climate change, animal welfare, antibiotic resistance, and public health, Data for Progress and Farm Forward conducted a survey investigating Americans’ views on their food and the actions of companies that produce it. This survey reveals that a significant portion of Americans are concerned about the accuracy of food marketing, particularly with respect to antibiotic usage in animal products.
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Aug 2, 2023 | 
dataforprogress.org | Kevin Hanley
Cost concerns are on the decline as voters are turning their attention to the EV infrastructure challenges confronting elected leaders. While past research has shown cost as far and away the top concern related to EVs, we now find that concern about a lack of charging stations (23%) slightly edges out cost (22%) as the top concern for likely voters.
