The effect of the 2010 Gulf oil spill on public attitudes toward offshore oil drilling and wind development |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, 2525 Correa Road, HIG 238, Honolulu, HI 96822, United States;2. College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States;1. Comparative and International Law at Maastricht University and Comparative Private Law and Economics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands;2. Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands;1. University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK;2. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria;1. Whiteway, 82 Penney Crescent, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1A 5J4;2. Paine, Ledge and Associates, 302-1050 Bowron Court, North Vancouver, BC, Canada V7H 2X6;3. Suncor, 235 Water Street, Suite 201, Scotia Centre, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1C 1B6;4. Elisabeth DeBlois Inc., 456 Marine Drive, Logy Bay, NL, Canada A1K 3E1;5. Kilgour & Associates Ltd, 16, 2285C St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1G 4Z6;6. Stantec Consulting Ltd, 141 Kelsey Drive, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 0L2;7. Suncor, Løkkeveien 107, 4007 Stavanger, Norway |
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| Abstract: | In April 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil well exploded, releasing over four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This paper presents data from two national mail surveys undertaken in 2008 and 2010 that compare public attitudes to both offshore oil drilling and offshore wind development pre- and post-spill. The results show that while there was a drop in support for expanded drilling (from 66% in 2008 to 59% in 2010) the change was not significant. There was, however, a significant decrease in support for offshore drilling among coastal residents. There was a slight, non-significant increase in support for offshore wind development which remained significantly higher than support for offshore oil (80% in 2008 and 82% in 2010). Despite there being no significant change in overall support levels, there was a shift in the strength of feeling regarding offshore oil, with 80% of Americans either less supportive or more opposed to expanded drilling in 2010 than they were in 2008. |
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| Keywords: | Wind power Offshore oil drilling Public opinion |
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