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Gallup: One in three people globally are unhappy with environmental protection efforts

Cecilia Keating
Cecilia Keating
clock 22 April 2020 •
The survey looked at attitudes towards environmental protection and water and air quality in 145 countries. Credit: Eric Miller, World Bank
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The survey looked at attitudes towards environmental protection and water and air quality in 145 countries. Credit: Eric Miller, World Bank

Poll findings released by Gallup on Earth Day show that countries' environmental records have little bearing on citizens' satisfaction rates.

A new poll that ranks country-by-country attitudes towards environmental protection has today revealed that just two in three adults worldwide, or 63 per cent of all respondents, are satisfied by their...

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