In an article called "Most back a treaty on global warming," Barry Rabe helped to explain the results of a recent USA Today/Gallup poll. The poll, which asked Americans about the need for U.S. climate change policy, produced mixed results. According to Rabe, "There's a lot of public support for various climate policy approaches that diminishes as you begin to put a specific dollar figure with it" and the findings indicate many Americans are open to persuasion.