Public Opinion on the Environment

Tomorrow is Earth Day and...

A new Gallup Poll states that 51% of Americans "rate the environment as "only fair" and getting worse -- or rate the environment as "poor" and say it is staying the same or worsening" A 22% increase since March of 2001.

With that said, Gallup goes on to write: "Despite a dimming view of the environment's future, there has been little change in Americans' level of worry about the quality of the environment. Only 35% of Americans -- identical to last year -- say they worry a great deal about the quality of the environment."