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Environmental Protection as a US National Government Priority: Analysis of Six Annual Public Opinion Surveys, 1999 - 2004

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Public support for environmental protection in the US as a federal government priority has substantially dropped since 2001. Data for the years 1999 - 2004 show that the least support was from non-Hispanic white, middle-class, college educated and suburban residents. Poorer, black, and residents of large cities have become the strongest supporters. In addition, with the important exception of wanting the federal government to focus on job creation, the public is less interested in many other domestic program priorities, including crime prevention and regulating health care management. The results are not an ominous sign that the public has lost interest in environmental planning and management, but are interpreted here as a notice that there must be aggressive efforts to explain to the public, media and elected representatives that efforts are critically important to public health, job creation and economic development.

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  • Michael Greenberg, 2005. "Environmental Protection as a US National Government Priority: Analysis of Six Annual Public Opinion Surveys, 1999 - 2004," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(5), pages 733-746.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:48:y:2005:i:5:p:733-746
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560500183017
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    1. Michael R. Greenberg & Reya Sinha, 2006. "Government Risk Management Priorities: A Comparison of the Preferences of Asian Indian Americans and Other Americans," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(5), pages 1275-1289, October.

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