73% in Favor of Increased Environmental Protection 22. febrúar 2007 13:20 Skari According to a new Gallup Capacent poll, conducted for the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, roughly 73% of Icelanders believe that political parties should place more focus on environmental protection. When asked if political parties should give more attention to environmental protection, 37,2% answered that the parties should give a lot more attention to environmental protection, while 35,6% answered that the parties should give more attention to the topic. 22,6% Answered that they believed that environmental protection was receiving adequate attention, while 4,6% believed that environmental protection was receiving too much attention. There was a noticeable difference in opinion between the sexes, with around 78% of women in favour of more environmental protection, with 67% of men answering the same way. Of 1350 people polled, 800 answered. News News in English Reykjavik.com Mest lesið „Eins og að fá hnefahögg í andlitið“ Innlent Ákærðir fyrir hópnauðgun gegn ólögráða stúlku Innlent Eygir vonarneista í fyrsta sinn í marga mánuði Innlent Gríðarlegur fjöldi á mótmælunum Þjóð gegn þjóðarmorði Innlent Íbúar mótmæla og vilja börn frekar en byggingu í Gunnarsbrekku Innlent Kennir íslensku en fær ekki ríkisborgararétt að óbreyttu Innlent Bílvelta í Kömbunum Innlent Segir dregið úr veiðum á grundvelli „Walt Disneylíffræði“ Innlent Sveitarstjórn reyni að skrá íbúa úr sveitarfélaginu og ógni grundvallarréttindum Innlent Tæpir sextíu þúsund fermetrar í eigu ríkisins standa tómir Innlent
According to a new Gallup Capacent poll, conducted for the Iceland Nature Conservation Association, roughly 73% of Icelanders believe that political parties should place more focus on environmental protection. When asked if political parties should give more attention to environmental protection, 37,2% answered that the parties should give a lot more attention to environmental protection, while 35,6% answered that the parties should give more attention to the topic. 22,6% Answered that they believed that environmental protection was receiving adequate attention, while 4,6% believed that environmental protection was receiving too much attention. There was a noticeable difference in opinion between the sexes, with around 78% of women in favour of more environmental protection, with 67% of men answering the same way. Of 1350 people polled, 800 answered.
News News in English Reykjavik.com Mest lesið „Eins og að fá hnefahögg í andlitið“ Innlent Ákærðir fyrir hópnauðgun gegn ólögráða stúlku Innlent Eygir vonarneista í fyrsta sinn í marga mánuði Innlent Gríðarlegur fjöldi á mótmælunum Þjóð gegn þjóðarmorði Innlent Íbúar mótmæla og vilja börn frekar en byggingu í Gunnarsbrekku Innlent Kennir íslensku en fær ekki ríkisborgararétt að óbreyttu Innlent Bílvelta í Kömbunum Innlent Segir dregið úr veiðum á grundvelli „Walt Disneylíffræði“ Innlent Sveitarstjórn reyni að skrá íbúa úr sveitarfélaginu og ógni grundvallarréttindum Innlent Tæpir sextíu þúsund fermetrar í eigu ríkisins standa tómir Innlent