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AB - Research Commentary Is Public Support for Environmental Protection Decreasing? An Analysis of U.S. and New Jersey Data Michael R. Greenberg E.J. Bloustein School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA in the media. Residents may be distracted Telephone surveys made of 800–1,000 randomly selected residents of the United States and from focusing on environmental protection. New Jersey in 2003 show a sharp decline in support for antipollution regulations, although pollu- Changes in Support for tion remains a major concern. This drop in support is associated with slowing of the economy, fear Environmental Regulations, of terrorism, and other competing priorities. The leading proponents of maintaining strong envi- ronmental regulations are relatively affluent mainstream white Americans. Despite this recent drop 2000–2003 The assumption that during the last few years in support, overt attempts to weaken the basic regulations are likely to face stiff opposition unless there is an obvious economic downturn or increasing terrorism that causes a larger proportion of public support for environmental laws has the public to feel that weakening environmental regulations will increase jobs and security. decreased is borne out by the national and Key words: age, environmental laws and regulations, perception, polls, public support, race/ethnic- New Jersey 
TI - Is public support for environmental protection decreasing? An analysis of U.S. and New Jersey data.
JF - Environmental Health Perspectives
DO - 10.1289/ehp.6648
DA - 2004-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/is-public-support-for-environmental-protection-decreasing-an-analysis-A01z7W0Kdy
DP - DeepDyve
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