Toplines: Coal Makes Us Sick?

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

July 1, 2008

1* Some people say that relying on coal for energy makes us sick. Do you agree or disagree?

22% Agree

52% Disagree

26% Not sure

2* Okay… some people say that relying on oil for energy makes us sick. Do you agree or disagree?

31% Agree

50% Disagree

20% Not sure

3* Do we have to stop using fossil fuels such as coal and oil?

31% Yes

51% No

18% Not sure

4* Some people say that global warming is ruining our country and ruining our world? Do you agree or disagree?

46% Agree,

41% Disagree

13% Not sure

5* Is Global Warming caused primarily by human activity or by long term planetary trends?

41% Human activity

44% Long term planetary trends

7% Some other reason

8% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence