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Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data.
Telephone surveys made of 800-1,000 randomly selected residents of the United States and New Jersey in 2003 show a sharp decline in support for antipollution regulations, although pollution remains a major concern. This drop in support is associated with slowing of the economy, fear of terrorism, an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14754564 |
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description | Telephone surveys made of 800-1,000 randomly selected residents of the United States and New Jersey in 2003 show a sharp decline in support for antipollution regulations, although pollution remains a major concern. This drop in support is associated with slowing of the economy, fear of terrorism, and other competing priorities. The leading proponents of maintaining strong environmental regulations are relatively affluent mainstream white Americans. Despite this recent drop in support, overt attempts to weaken the basic regulations are likely to face stiff opposition unless there is an obvious economic downturn or increasing terrorism that causes a larger proportion of the public to feel that weakening environmental regulations will increase jobs and security. Key words: age, environmental laws and regulations, perception, polls, public support, race/ethnicity, trends. |
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spelling | pubmed-12418192005-11-08 Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. Greenberg, Michael R Environ Health Perspect Research Article Telephone surveys made of 800-1,000 randomly selected residents of the United States and New Jersey in 2003 show a sharp decline in support for antipollution regulations, although pollution remains a major concern. This drop in support is associated with slowing of the economy, fear of terrorism, and other competing priorities. The leading proponents of maintaining strong environmental regulations are relatively affluent mainstream white Americans. Despite this recent drop in support, overt attempts to weaken the basic regulations are likely to face stiff opposition unless there is an obvious economic downturn or increasing terrorism that causes a larger proportion of the public to feel that weakening environmental regulations will increase jobs and security. Key words: age, environmental laws and regulations, perception, polls, public support, race/ethnicity, trends. 2004-02 /pmc/articles/PMC1241819/ /pubmed/14754564 Text en |
spellingShingle | Research Article Greenberg, Michael R Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title | Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title_full | Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title_fullStr | Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title_full_unstemmed | Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title_short | Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data. |
title_sort | is public support for environmental protection decreasing? an analysis of u.s. and new jersey data. |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241819/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14754564 |
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