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- The Nature Conservancy
- July 12, 2012
- 10:35 am
- 43 comments
If you link to the report of the pollsters, you will see that these results for the most part hold across party affiliation and demographic groups.
The poll results are puzzling, however, in that they seem so out of line with recent actions by Congress. A good example is the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) which provides funding for the creation of national, state and local parks, wildlife refuges and forests — the kinds of places Americans visit on the Fourth of July.
Recently, the House of Representatives deleted from the Transportation Bill a provision that would provide two years of certain funding for the LWCF. And the House Appropriations Committee cut the President’s proposed funding of LWCF for FY 2013 by 80 percent along with deep cuts to other natural resource programs.
And yet, in a specific poll question about LWCF more than four-in-five American voters (82 percent) support ensuring that a “portion of federal offshore drilling fees already being paid by oil and gas companies is dedicated to LWCF, which was created by Congress so that these fees could be used for conserving natural areas, wildlife, and clean water and providing access to outdoor recreation throughout the country.”
In response to this seemingly stark contrast between government actions and voter views, Mark Tercek, President of The Nature Conservancy said, “Given these poll results, we are deeply concerned that public conservation policy in our country today is departing from America’s bipartisan conservation tradition and does not reflect the current thinking of Americans across the political spectrum. In particular, the idea that there is inevitably a conflict between our economy and our environment is not borne out by popular views. The vast majority of Americans value the many ways nature benefits them and their communities — just as strongly as they always have.”
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+ add your ownso let see some action enough talk
Consevation is a must for sustained living so why are the goverments the last to get on board!!
It is so overdue.
i'd hope we all support it
Politicians hear their constituents, aka, their employers, which the seem to forget once they are in office and only hear the voice of Greed, that grease their pockets. Look at my State, New York, we have some of the most scenic land in this Country and do not want it to be destroyed by Fracking, but does the Governor hear the outcry of the people not to Frack it up? No! Despite after seeing the problems fracking has caused in Pennsylvania, our neighboring State. Politicians are nothing more than legalized Crooks. The only choice we get now at the polls, is choosing the lesser of the two Evils!
I'm sure people care, but how many take action? Maybe like 20% of people?
This seems like good news.....let's hope it really comes to pass that Congress takes this seriously.
it's a start
If 4 out of 5 Americans support conservation then why is it nothing ever changes? Are they lieing or just not doing anything, somethings wrong because if that were true then we wouldnt have to work as hard as we do for change that supposedly 4 out of 5 want BULLSHIT! trhanks for sharing
So why doesn't the House GOP represent their constituents interests in these areas?
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