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Fact and opinion on energy and environment.

Publication: The American (Washington, DC)
Publication Date: 01-MAY-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Fact and opinion on energy and environment.(DATA POINTS)(Survey)

Article Excerpt
The environment emerged as a potent issue in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Very quickly, we all became environmentalists. Today, however, only 14 percent of people call themselves active in the movement. A near majority, 48 percent, describe themselves as sympathetic, but not active.

Young people often lead change. In 1971, 43 percent of college freshmen indicated that being involved in programs to clean up the environment would be essential or very important to them. In 2006, just 23 percent gave that response. The issue has lost its urgency.

Question: Thinking specifically about the environmental movement, do you think of yourself as ...? Active participant in the environmental movement 14% Sympathetic, but not active 48% Neutral 29% Unsympathetic toward and movement 7% Source: Gallup/USA Today, March 2006.

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Question: Thinking about what is said in the news, in your view is the seriousness of global warming generally exaggerated, generally correct,...

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