Audubonmagazine.org: Economy Edges Out Environment As Most Important Issue in CNN Poll

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On the same day that Obama announced his offshore drilling plans, CNN released the disheartening results—for environmentalists, anyway—of its latest opinion poll: More than half of respondents said that the economy should be a higher priority than the environment, even if it meant halting or slowing environmental protections. Only 3 percent gave the two equal bearing.




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