Just Be Glad The Environment Isn't Quite As Murky As Opinions About It

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Funny thing, the environment. It keeps getting worse, yet it stays about the same. Or so one would conclude, at any rate, from the mishmash of opinions Americans express on the topic. Annual pre-Earth Day polling by Gallup neatly captures the contradictions.

In this year’s survey, 63 percent of adults said the “quality of the environment in the country as a whole” is getting worse; 29 percent said it’s getting better. Dating back to 2001, the “getting worse” figure has never fallen below 54 percent, while the “getting better” vote has never topped 40 percent.

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