In a recent Zogby Interactive survey of adults nationwide, respondents were asked about their attitude towards the government’s role in environmental protection. The results show that the sample was almost equally split on this issue. About 47% of the respondents strongly or somewhat agree that the government needs to devote more resources to protecting the environment, while almost 48% of the sample strongly or somewhat agrees that the government has taken protecting the environment too far and is hurting businesses with too many regulations.

A closer examination of the results by ideological group shows that 94% of the liberals agree that the government needs to devote more resources to environmental protection, compared to 65% of the moderates and 9% of the conservatives.

What kind of role do you think the government should play in environmental protection? Do you think that the carbon cap-and-trade bill should be passed by the Congress?

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