The Environment Wins

The Gallup poll focusing on the environment http://www.gallup.com/poll/1615/Environment.aspx shows a general trend that the public seems to think the environment should hold more importance than the economy. With the recent oil spill, I think more people have been interested in how the environment is affected long term as well as the here and now. In most polls the protection of the environment is first and foremost compared to protecting different resources.

Not surprisingly many people think the government isn't taking the right kind of action to help with the oil spill and fully believe that BP is responsible for cleaning it up. It is clear that the public does not think the environment is doing well, but getting worse which is reflected in the numbers tied to performance of those in power.

As soon as issues hit really close to home, we become interested and concerned, as is the case with the oil spill. This may be the downfall of the environment; we start to care as soon as we are faced with something devastating.

Intro

Hi I'm Colleen and I'm a Junior at ISU. I'm double majoring in Politics and Public Relations. I've chosen to focus on the environment for this semester. It's a topic that I am interested in but do not yet know a ton about as it is a fairly expansive topic. That being said there are a lot of issues under the main category of 'the environment' that I'm excited to delve into.

The environment is a topic that pertains to all of us, yet it can be intimidating at times so I hope to gain an understanding of how the American public views the environment and the issues surrounding it and break down those ideas into more simple terms.