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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

Huge UK public support for direct action to protect environment – poll

Just Stop Oil activists blocking a road road in Islington, London, on Saturday
Just Stop Oil activists blocking a road road in Islington, London, on Saturday. Photograph: Vuk Valcic/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A large majority of the UK public supports nonviolent direct action to protect the environment, according to an opinion poll. People also strongly backed solar power on farmland and opposed fracking.

The poll indicates the unpopularity of a recent swathe of government policies, with more than twice as many people saying they trusted Labour to protect the environment as said they trusted the Conservatives.

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