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Nov 12, 2015
Protecting the Environment Will Improve the Economy and Provide New Jobs
By Seth Rosenthal, Anthony Leiserowitz and Geoff Feinberg
Filed under: Policy & Politics
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A large majority of Americans (60%) say that in the long run, protecting the environment improves economic growth and provides new jobs, while another 22% say that protecting the environment has no impact on economic growth or jobs. This chart comes from the the Yale AP-NORC Environment Poll. There is more detail about this specific finding here.