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Poll: More Americans Think U.S. Doing Too Little on Environment
Rachael Yi and Megan Brenan. Gallup
Most Americans say that the country is doing too little to protect the environment, though the partisan divide is larger than ever. Nearly three in five Americans (57%) say that the country is doing too little to protect the environment, which is an increase of seven points since last year (50%). Additionally, over the past year, the percentage saying that the country is doing too much to protect the environment has dropped by nearly half (from 19% in 2024 to 11% now). The percentage of Democrats saying that the country is doing “too little” to protect the environment (91%) is higher than ever before in Gallup’s tracking going back to 2001, while the percentage of Republicans saying that the country is doing too little on the environment (22%) is the lowest that it’s ever been in Gallup’s tracking.