March 25, 2009
Gallup’s 2009 Environment survey finds contamination of water sparking more U.S. public concern than air pollution, extinction of species, the loss of rain forests, and global warming. Public worry about these issues generally fell between 2000 ...
March 20, 2009
Fifty-nine percent of Americans say they somewhat or strongly favor the use of nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide electricity for the United States and 37% somewhat or strongly oppose its use.
March 20, 2009
Gallup’s annual Environment poll finds 59% of Americans saying they favor the use of nuclear power as one of the ways to provide energy for the United States, surpassing the previous high of 56%. A majority of Americans believe that nuclear ...
March 19, 2009
For the first time in Gallup’s 25-year history of asking Americans about the trade-off between environmental protection and economic growth, a majority of Americans (51%) say economic growth should be given the priority, even if the environment ...
March 19, 2009
For the first time in Gallup history, more Americans say that economic growth should be given priority even if the environment suffers to some extent (51%) than say protection of the environment should be given priority even at the risk of ...
March 13, 2009
Americans widely favor increased government funding for alternative sources of energy, such as wind and solar (77%). At the same time, most also favor maintaining or ramping up federal support for energy production from traditional sources like ...
March 13, 2009
A strong majority of Americans (77%) say the government should increase financial support for alternative energy sources, but 39% say the same about funding for traditional energy sources such as oil and gas.
March 11, 2009
While a majority of Americans continue to believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news (29%) or underestimated (28%), a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. The increased skepticism is seen mainly ...
February 25, 2009
The United States and Canada’s agreement to begin a clean-energy dialogue comes in an atmosphere in which 54% of Canadians last year were satisfied with the current efforts to protect the environment.
August 27, 2008
Gallup Poll findings show that many residents living in 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa say they have gone without enough clean water in the past year prior to the survey, affecting at least 140 million adults.
