066 - Plenty of public uncertainty on CCS

Essential vision polled survey respondents about carbon capture and storage - the 'don't knows' dominate and there's an expected political voting divide on views on the technology. This is a very hot issue at the moment, with the Minerals Council of Australia urging the Australian government to use taxpayer funds to build new coal-fired power stations.

065 - The public like a clean energy target (but are still confused about it all)

Essential Vision polled survey respondents on their views about a clean energy target scheme and an emissions intensity scheme - people like a CET but there's plenty of don't knows about both.

046 - ANU Poll - the public want politicians to rely more heavily on scientific evidence

In April 2017, the Australian National University released a fascinating poll examining public attitudes to science, politics and policy in Australia. It's really interesting - the chart below shows a strong majority of the public want politicians to rely more on scientific evidence: