“We are behind the eight ball, to put it mildly,” says Edwin Cowen, professor of civil and environmental engineering. “I would have loved to see policy help incentivize rooftop solar 15 years ago instead of five years ago in the commercial space. There’s still a tremendous amount of work to do.” 

“It's important to keep in mind other polling trends that might be part of the story,” says Jonathon Schuldt, interim Executive Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research. “Surveys show that record numbers of Americans are worried about climate change, which may be contributing to dissatisfaction about environmental quality.”