Poll Indicates Americans 

Support Environmental Movements  

June 12, 2000  

A recent Gallup poll found that 83% of Americans continue to support the goals of the environmental movement that began thirty years ago with the first Earth Day.  Sixteen percent of those polled consider themselves active in the environmental movement, while 55% say they are "sympathetic but not active." In addition, more than three-quarters stated that among institutions, they place the most trust in national and local environmental groups to protect the environment.  (Source: Ami Grace, [email protected])