Poll reveals only one in 50 members of the British public agrees that the prime minister is delivering on his pledge
19 March 2012 - Just 2% of the British public believes that David Cameron has been successful in his pledge to lead the "greenest government ever", a new YouGov poll reveals.
Respondents were asked to rate the government's green credentials, including how well it has lived up to the promise that the prime minister made just three days after he took office.
In a visit to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, Cameron told Chris Huhne and civil servants that "there is a fourth minister in this department who cares passionately about this agenda and that is me, the prime minister, right. I mean that from the bottom of my heart." But cuts to renewable energy subsidies, anti-environment rhetoric by the chancellor, George Osborne, and a letter from 101 Tory MPs attacking onshore wind power have raised fears among environmentalists and business leaders about the coalition's commitment to the green agenda.
While only one in 50 people responding to the YouGov poll thought Cameron was delivering his pledge, the majority – 53.5% – felt the government was simply "average" on green issues, and one in 10 thought it was above average. Nearly one-tenth felt it was worse than most governments, with 7.1% saying it was one of the least green ever. read more>>>
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