Environment
Median of 40% went without it, at least several times, in the past year
August 27, 2008Gallup 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.
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July 17, 2008Singaporeans rate their air quality better than citizens polled in 20 of the world's most populous cities. Gallup reports from the field on how the tight restrictions on driving play a role.
July 16, 2008In Singapore, citizens are more satisfied with the quality of their water than citizens are in any other country Gallup surveyed throughout 2006 and 2007. Despite scarce natural resources, Singapore is now working toward being completely self-sufficient in water resources.
July 14, 2008Data-driven insights into U.S. President George W. Bush's reversal of a ban on offshore drilling, charges of genocide against Sudan's president, the state of the economy in the United States, and religious tolerance in Australia.
July 8, 2008Data-driven insights into the G8’s move toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. Congress returning to work, the resignation of Kenya's finance minister, and how the U.S. presidential candidates do on the economy.
Republicans much more in favor than Democrats
June 19, 2008A majority of Americans (57%) say they would support drilling in U.S. areas currently off-limits to oil exploration in order to reduce the price of gasoline.
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Sharp divergence on whether the effects of global warming are yet evident
May 29, 2008In this in-depth review of Gallup Poll global warming attitude trends, Dr. Riley Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology at Oklahoma State University and Gallup Scholar for the Environment, discusses the political chasm that has developed over the past decade.
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Republican skepticism expands; Democrats are more concerned than ever
May 29, 2008In 1997, 47% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats thought the effects of global warming were already manifest. Today, 41% of Republicans feel this way, compared with 76% of Democrats.
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April 22, 2008Data-driven insights into U.S. efforts to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, Paraguay's election, Earth Day, and World Malaria Day.
Americans, Japanese express highest levels of environmental stewardship
April 22, 2008Across the five countries that contribute more than half of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, Gallup Polls reveal that American and Japanese residents express the highest levels of environmental stewardship.
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