Posted on 04/04/2011 9:24:32 PM PDT by neverdem
Environmental concerns are flat since 2010, but down over past decade
With Earth Day about a month away, Americans tell Gallup they worry the most about several water-related risks and issues among nine major environmental issues. They worry least about global warming and loss of open spaces.
At least three in four Americans surveyed in Gallup's 2011 Environment poll say they worry a great deal or a fair amount about contamination of soil and water by toxic waste, pollution of rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, pollution of drinking water, and the maintenance of the nation's supply of fresh water for household needs.
Air pollution is nearly as high a concern for Americans, with 72% worried a great deal or a fair amount about it.
A little more than 6 in 10 worry about the related problems of extinction of plant and animal species and the loss of tropical rain forests. Slightly fewer worry about urban sprawl and loss of open spaces, while barely half, 51%, worry about global warming.
The poll was conducted March 3-6, prior to the emergence of an earthquake- and tsunami-generated nuclear crisis in Japan that has raised Americans' own concerns about nuclear power.
The current levels of public concern about various environmental problems are essentially unchanged from 2010. However, Americans are less worried today than they were 10 years ago about all eight issues Gallup measured in 2001. The decline over the past decade spans a period when the public often expressed surging concern about terrorism, the Iraq war, gas prices, and the economy.
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Ping.
Sounds like you are going to run into trouble from “environmental factors” if you keep that behavior up.
/johnny
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Some of these people amaze me, They will celebrate earth day and look forward to it more than Easter Sunday. Both in about a month
Misplaced priorities, lack of vision, who knows
4/9 questions are about water. Is this a push poll to get you worried about water?
I live next to Lake Michigan, so maybe I’m insulated, but I never think about those things.
A little more than 6 in 10 worry about the ... the loss of tropical rain forests.
Thanks for the ping!
It’s possible there were more questions, but these were just the ones the author decided to use.
I wouldn’t if I were her. ;-)
My mom never forgave my dad (research scientist) for putting a package of frozen mice in our freezer.
I bought a (used) dishwasher for that specific purpose. It works like nobody’s business, too!
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