Poll: Texans Continue to Back Environmental Protections

Contact: Michael Cinelli
Phone: (713) 831-4794

Poll: Texans Continue to Back Environmental Protections

What do Texans really think about the environment?

On Tuesday, March 7, 1995, noted Rice University pollster
Stephen Klineberg will release the results of his third biennial
Texas Environmental poll, sponsored this year by Southwestern Bell.

The poll will reveal Texans’ attitudes and opinions about:
* the extent of our air and water pollution problems;
* the debate over property rights and “takings”;
* the threat of global warming;
* trade-offs between jobs and the environment;
* what Texans are willing to pay to help clean up the
environment;
* whether government environmental regulations have gone to far;
and
* the need to protect endangered species.

The poll was conducted for Rice University by Telesurveys of
Texas during the first two weeks of December 1994. A representative
sample of 1,000 Texans participated in extensive interviews.

What: New Texas Environmental Poll
Speaker: Stephen Klineberg, Rice University pollster and
sociology professor
When: 9 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, 1995
Where: Texas State Capitol, Room E1.010

###