POLL: Half of California’s Residents Still Want More Green Action

A poll finds nearly half of California residents believe the state isn't doing enough to protect the environment.

According to the Public Policy Institute of California poll, 49 percent of residents said state government is not doing enough on the environment; 36 percent said it was doing just enough; and nine percent said it was doing more than enough.

Governor Schwarzenegger's approval rating on environmental leadership also has cooled. It slipped eight points since January to 47 percent.

PPIC pollster Mark Baldassare says the federal government's inaction on global warming, despite a swell of publicity that its ill effects can already be felt, is fueling the public's sense that not enough is being done. Two-thirds of those polled said they believe global warming has begun.

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Source: Associated Press
July 26, 2007

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