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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (2618)	4/20/2001 1:27:17 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 93284

POLL RELEASES April 17, 2001 Environment-Unfriendly Policies Have Yet to Damage Bush's Ratings Still, many of his environmental proposals are unpopular by Lydia Saad and Riley E. Dunlap GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- From reversing new standards on arsenic in drinking water to abandoning the Kyoto global warming treaty, the Bush administration has announced a series of policies over the past month that have environmentalists seeing red -- and Democrats seeing a political opportunity. Thus far, despite the fact that Americans are at odds with many of these specific environmental actions, Gallup polls show that the public maintains an overall positive view of President Bush’s environmental policies. Gallup’s baseline rating of Bush on the environment was recorded in early March, just before the flurry of White House proposals on environmental issues were announced. These proposals included the retraction of a campaign promise to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, the decision to drop out of the Kyoto global warming agreement, and the rescission of many Clinton administration environmental proposals. A follow-up survey was completed April 6-8, and it showed little substantive change in the public’s ratings of the president on the environment. The original March 5-7 survey found Americans somewhat optimistic in their environmental expectations for Bush. A slight majority, 51%, predicted he would do a good job of protecting the nation’s environment and just 38% said he would do a poor job. Gallup repeated the question in an April 6-8 survey -- after the controversial environmental policies made headlines -- and the results were similar, 49% vs. 41%. Two patterns stand out in the findings. First, in both polls, the public rated Bush on energy policy and economic prosperity in addition to the environment. In both surveys, he received a lower rating on the environment than he did on energy policy or economic prosperity. For instance, while 49% currently think Bush will do a good job on the environment, 54% think he will do a good job of improving the nation’s energy policy and 60% say he will do a good job of keeping the country prosperous. At the same time, the decline in the percentage saying he will do a "good job" dropped more in the past month on economic prosperity (from 66% in March to 60% in April) and energy policy (58% to 54%) than on environmental protection (51% to 49%). These findings suggest that the highly visible decline in the stock market and other signs of a deteriorating economy has thus far over-shadowed the administration's initiatives in the environmental area -- at least in the eyes of the general public. When the public is asked to prognosticate about Bush administration environmental protection, they show even less concern about his policies. Only a third of Americans, 34% believe environmental protection will be weakened under Bush. While that clearly outnumbers the 13% who expect that environmental protection policies will be strengthened, the plurality, 48%, thinks that environmental protection will be kept about the same during Bush’s tenure in office. Still, a slight plurality of Americans disagree with the president's announcement that the United States will not adhere to the 1997 international Kyoto treaty (the treaty calls for limits on carbon dioxide and other gases that are believed to contribute to global warming). According to the early April poll, 48% of Americans disapprove of this position while 41% approve..... gallup.com