Gallup's annual Environment survey finds the overwhelming majority of American adults polled support environmental proposals that would strengthen government restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions and spend more taxpayer money to develop alternative sources of fuel and energy. A large majority, 86 percent of those polled, favored spending government money to develop alternative sources of fuel for automobiles.

Americans have been widely supportive of these proposals since Gallup began tracking them six years ago. "Public support for these proposals dipped slightly in 2006 but bounced back this year, and grew to a new high in the case of setting higher restrictions on auto emissions," said Lydia Saad of the Gallup organization.