Public Environment Poll

Although people in the US might know how to help the environment, they don’t always take action to do so, according to a poll released on November 17. The telephone survey, conducted by Associated Press and NBC Universal, found a significant drop between whether people believe a particular action would help the environment and whether they would likely carry out that action. Income is one mitigating factor; 45 percent of respondents welcome the idea of hybrid cars, but only 20 percent would actually buy one, most likely because of the cost. The poll was conducted from November 5 to November 9 with 1,006 randomly selected adults.