WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In wake of the BP oil spill, comprehensive climate and energy legislation unveiled last week has gained overwhelming support among voters in Massachusetts, Maine, and Florida, states represented by moderate Republican U.S. Senators, according to new opinion research released today by We Can Lead, a project of Ceres and the Clean Economy Network.

Senators John Kerry (Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (Conn.) unveiled a comprehensive clean energy and climate proposal last week that won the support of business, environment, national security, faith and veterans groups. According to new research data, voters in Massachusetts support the proposal overwhelmingly, 65-31%, while voters in Maine support it 57-39% and voters in Florida do so at a 50-42% margin.

“Moderate Senators like Scott Brown of Massachusetts, George LeMieux of Florida and Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine should take notice that voters at home are paying close attention to what they are doing or not doing on energy and climate while in Washington,” said Jeff Anderson, Executive Director of the Clean Economy Network and co-director of the We Can Lead campaign.  ”These results show voters in their states support action on clean energy and climate and they want action from their Senators.”

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