Americans Growing Apathy to Environmental Movement

On the anniversary of the 40^th Earth Day the latest Gallup poll shows that attitudes towards the environmental movement in America are declining.

Despite Gallup’s attempt to spin this as a “still positive” result, the 8 point drop in American’s attitudes towards the environmental movement is indicative of a growing trend. Whether as a result of partisan blinders attempting to denounce the environmental movement as a fraud or simply as a result of attention being given over to the failing economy, the environmental effort in America is losing support. (more…)