RJ and Makay

Saving the environment is important to Americans, but not at the expense of jobs and the economy, suggests a recent Gallup poll. In fact, Americans are picking the economy over the environment by the widest margin in nearly three decades, the poll shows.

Of the approximately 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed, 54% said economic growth trumps protecting the environment compared with 36% who thought the environment should take priority. Those percentages were reversed for the past several decades, but Americans began to change their tune after the Great Recession set in.