Concern for our environment plummets

Responding to climate change is about paying attention to how we treat the environment in which we live and accepting that, a story in today’s Age (April 30) was truly depressing.

The story headed: “Australians' concern about the environment plummets”, began:

CONCERN for the environment has dwindled into a ''middling'' issue that many people do not have strong feelings about, a major study into Australian attitudes towards society, politics and the economy has found.