News Brief

Opinion Polls Show Strong Environmental Interest

Public concern about the environment continues to grow. On December 9, 1998, the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation and Roper Starch Worldwide released the results of their seventh annual National Report Card on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge and Behaviors. Two highlights, as reported in the Winter 1999 issue of

Corporate Environmental Strategy:

•71% considered environmental protection more important than economic development, an increase of eight percent since 1995;

•85% of respondents said they engage in behaviors aimed at preserving the environment.

For more information, visit the NEETF Web site:

www.neetf.org.

Published April 1, 1999

(1999, April 1). Opinion Polls Show Strong Environmental Interest. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/opinion-polls-show-strong-environmental-interest

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