Though 58 percent say they are sympathetic to environmental issues, only 12 percent call themselves active environmentalists. 42 percent believe environmental groups are doing more than their share to help reduce environmental problems, while 71 percent believe large corporations are doing less than their share. Water and air pollution cause the most concern, followed by global warming, ozone depeltion, depletion of forest lands, the need to recycle more materials, and the importance of other nations adhering to U.S. environmental standards.
It's worth noting that this poll was conducted before hurricane Katrina, it may be that those figures in favour of environmental concern are bigger now.
Treehugger: Harris Poll: US Residents Support Environmental Regulation: On Del.icio.us: environment, USA, poll, 2005, pre-Katrina
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