Doing right thing isn’t easy, even for those who want to

Most Americans believe that dramatic steps are needed to conserve energy and reduce the threat of global warming, but they are willing to go only so far in changing their lifestyles to “go green.”

A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds that more Americans than ever


And in a reflection of the impact the environmental movement has had on Americans’ attitudes in the nearly four decades since the first Earth Day celebration, most people now believe that they should take more steps as individuals