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It might have been Earth Day (and 4/20 #LegalizeIt) this week, but here at DFP it’s Earth Day every day! This week, we released a set of plans ([link removed]) outlining the status of Biden’s action on climate so far in his presidency and how he can go even further.

Our memos lay out the path for three different ways Biden can pursue a progressive climate innovation agenda: through executive action ([link removed]) , via a jobs and infrastructure package ([link removed]) , and by passing brand-new authorizing legislation ([link removed]) expanding the powers of Congress to be sufficient to tackle the climate crisis. We also created a handy-dandy fact sheet ([link removed]) detailing which parts of the progressive climate innovation agenda have already made their way into legislation pushed by Biden and Congressional Democrats.

And what’s more: the progressive climate innovation agenda is as popular as it is urgently needed ([link removed]) . In March, we polled a sample of likely national voters on their attitudes towards increasing climate funding, the government taking more action on reducing emissions, and making sure climate investments center racial and economic justice. We found that all of these proposals receive strong bipartisan support, including reducing emissions from “heavy industries” like shipping and manufacturing, enabling all sectors of the government to collaborate on reducing emissions, and developing technology that helps communities on the front lines of pollution.

Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:

Green New Deal With It
This week, Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez re-introduced the Green New Deal — and we have new polling ([link removed]) out which shows that despite Republicans’ attempted smears, the Green New Deal continues to be extremely popular, with voters supporting it by a +31 margin.

Moreover, the individual components of the Green New Deal are exciting to voters too: we found that every single major plank of the GND is supported by a strong majority of voters. The most popular sub-sections of the GND are making utilities cheaper, reducing pollution, implementing sustainable farming practices, and modernizing infrastructure to be more energy-efficient.

Green jobs for all!
In addition to re-introducing their Green New Deal, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Markey also introduced legislation to establish a Civilian Climate Corps, a program which would put 1.5 million Americans to work over the next five years in federally-funded projects to tackle climate change, revitalize America’s public lands and waters, and transition to a clean energy economy. We asked voters about their opinions ([link removed]) on the CCC and found that 65% of all likely national voters support it — a strong majority consistent across partisanship, age, and urbanicity.

Climate Goes Global
That’s not all of DFP’s work on climate this week! In honor of Biden’s international climate summit with other world leaders, we released a brand-new poll with Climate Power ([link removed]) on Americans’ attitudes towards international climate action. We found that voters don’t agree with narratives portraying foreign policy as a zero-sum game when it comes to climate: a strong majority of voters, 76 percent, want the U.S. to work with other countries to tackle climate change, including a majority of Democrats (90 percent), Independents (76 percent), and Republicans (61 percent). Additionally, a majority of voters (70 percent) agree America should lead the world by taking ambitious climate actions and encouraging other nations to follow our lead.

DFP x Congressman Mondaire Jones
This week, we were excited to have Rep. Mondaire Jones on the blog along with Demand Justice Executive Director Brian Fallon ([link removed]) to make the case for expanding the number of Justices on the Supreme Court to 13. Our polling indicates that voters support expanding the Supreme Court by a margin of +6 points — as Rep. Jones and Brian note, this strong support for an idea that is new to many people indicates that organizing and messaging can grow support for Supreme Court expansion by leaps and bounds.

Who’s Winning in TX-06? The Democratic Agenda
In addition to our issue polling and message testing, this week DFP also released a horse-race poll ([link removed]) on the special election in Texas’s 6th Congressional District. We found that although the highest polling candidate in the race by 8 points is currently a Republican, Democratic priorities such as providing pandemic relief through the American Rescue Plan and opposing voter suppression laws are very popular with TX-06 voters.


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Media Hits

The New York Times:Biden Is All About Zero Emissions, but Who Do You Think Has Been Fueling Them? ([link removed])

Vox:How climate became the centerpiece of Biden’s economic agenda ([link removed])

Vice:Police Unions Want You to Think Derek Chauvin Is the Only Bad Cop ([link removed])

The Hill:House Democrats eye passing DC statehood bill for second time ([link removed])

The New Yorker:How 1.5 Degrees Became the Key to Climate Progress ([link removed])

The Guardian:Compete, confront, cooperate: climate summit test for Biden’s China watchwords ([link removed])

Vox:The fight for DC statehood gets its best chance yet ([link removed])

Vox:Why Chauvin’s conviction matters ([link removed])

The Hill:Care economy investments: Not just better care, but a growing economy ([link removed])

NBC:How Biden nominee Wendy Sherman can pull off a deal with North Korea where others failed ([link removed])

Rolling Stone:The Climate Debates: Can America Break Its Natural Gas Addiction? ([link removed])

The New York Times:If You Care About Social Justice, You Have to Care About Zoning ([link removed])

The Hill:Yang expands lead in NYC mayor race: poll ([link removed])

New York Magazine:The New York City Mayoral Race Is Getting Petty ([link removed])

The New York Times:There Could Never Be a Female Andrew Yang ([link removed])

The New York Times:The ‘New Redlining’ Is Deciding Who Lives in Your Neighborhood ([link removed])


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From Data for Progress
Voters Overwhelmingly Support The Green New Deal ([link removed])
Voters Support the Creation of a New Climate Conservation Corps ([link removed])
Voters Want America to Lead on Climate at Home and Abroad ([link removed])
Supreme Court Expansion Proposal Starts with Solid Base of Support ([link removed])
Memo: Voters Support a Progressive Climate Innovation Agenda ([link removed])


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