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

Cecilia Keating
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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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