Americans less likely to care a great deal about environmental threats.

Americans' concerns over environmental issues including air and water pollution, plant and animal extinction, and rainforest loss has crept downward since last year, according to a new poll. The poll results come as the environmental movement shifts its focus from more immediate concerns like water pollution to long-term risks like climate change. But despite increased media coverage over the last several years, concern for climate change remains nearly identical to the poll's March 2013 and 2014 results - 32 percent of Americans say they care a great deal about it, and another 23 percent say they care a fair amount. [Extracted from the article]

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