Europeans trust their own countries to protect the environment far more than they do the United States, according to a poll released Thursday.
LONDON — Europeans trust their own countries to protect the environment far more than they do the United States, according to a poll released Thursday.
Only eight percent of Britons, six percent of French, two percent of Germans, seven percent of Spaniards and Russians, and five percent of Dutch said they trusted America to protect the global environment. Poland weighed in at 14 percent.
The polls, also conducted in the United States, found that 59 percent of Americans trust their government on this matter.
The Global Attitudes Project poll, conducted by the Pew Research Center, found that European countries have much more faith in their own governments regarding the environment. However, only one of the nations surveyed scored over 50 percent.
In Germany, 77 percent said they had faith in their administration to protect the environment, while 43 percent of Britons and 45 percent of the French trusted their respective governments. Only 12 percent of Russians trusted their leaders on that issue.
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Despite rating the United States poorly on the country's trustworthiness in protecting the environment, a majority of Britons, Russians and Poles still held a favorable opinion of America in general. However, only a minority of Dutch, Spaniards, Germans and French viewed the United States favorably.
The polls were taken in the European countries between April 20 and May 29 with samples ranging from about 750 in most countries to slightly over 1,000 in Russia and Poland. The margin of sampling error ranged from 3 percentage points to 4 percentage points, depending on the sample size.
Source: Associated Press
