ENN Polls Reveal Opinions and Attitudes about the Environment

ENN has cranked up its production of opinion polls, integrating new polls into its content and onto its homepage with greater regularity than ever before. Judging from the response, users enjoy weighing in on the latest hotbutton issues and comparing their opinions with others. Poll results paint an interesting picture of the ENN audience, with some surprising results.

- Post-tsunami, a split decision on the matter of coastal living: 53% of those responding indicated that the treat of natural disaster is enough to make them think twice about living near the shore, while a more reckless 47% still dream about a house on the water.

- On the business front, 47% of those polled believe that Wal-Mart's plan to fund wildlife habitat will prove to be a boon to the retail giant's reputation, with the other 53% unconvinced.

- Statistics indicate that ENN's readership would enjoy "longer" days, with a definitive 83% of respondants in favor of a two-month daylight-saving time extension.

- Taking environmental impacts into consideration, an overwhelming percentage of respondants indicated a preference for wild salmon (89%) versus the farmed version (11%).

- Autism has been a hot issue this year, and the ENN audience has an opinion on the reason for the current "epidemic" among children. A whopping 85% of those who registered an opinion believe that mercury has a role in autism.

- Widespread reports of traces of rocket fuel in drinking water around the country have spurred some concerns among ENN users. The majority (76%) of respondants fear that there might be perchlorate in their own water, with 24% taking a more optimistic stance.

What do you think? Register your opinion in an ENN poll, found on the homepage (left margin, above the fold) or interspersed throughout ENN's articles.

*Results cited are as of 12pm ET, Tuesday, May 10