Poll: Fuel Costs Boost Conservation Efforts; 7 in 10 Reducing 'Carbon Footprint'

ABC News/Planet Green/Stanford University Poll Finds Concern for Environment, Support for Drilling

  • “High energy prices are double-teaming with environmental concerns to prompt broad conservation efforts, with seven in 10 Americans saying they’re trying to reduce their “carbon footprint,” chiefly by driving less, using less electricity and recycling. More controversial are policy responses to the nation’s energy problems: Majorities in this…poll support oil drilling in protected coastal and wilderness areas. Most support higher taxes on oil company profits, stricter fuel efficiency rules for cars and controls on trading by investors that may affect gas prices. And 44 percent favor building nuclear plants — while not a majority, the most in 28 years.”
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