March 24 (UPI) -- Perhaps persuaded by low gasoline prices, a slim majority of Americans now oppose opening federal lands for oil exploration for the first time in an annual survey on the environment.
The Gallup poll found 53 percent of Americans opposed opening public land to oil exploration. The figure has steadily moved in that direction. Five years ago, 65 percent of Americans, nearly two-in-three, supported drilling for oil on federal land.