Highly religious Americans are less concerned about climate change, less convinced human activity is causing warmer temperatures

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November 14, 2022

How Religion Intersects With Americans’ Views on the Environment

Highly religious Americans are less concerned about climate change, less convinced human activity is causing warmer temperatures

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How Religion Intersects With Americans’ Views on the Environment
Highly religious Americans overwhelmingly say God gave humans a duty to protect and care for the Earth, but far fewer see climate change as a serious problem
Religiously affiliated Americans commonly link their religious beliefs to the environment
Highly religious Americans are less concerned about climate change, less convinced human activity is causing warmer temperatures
Climate change gets relatively little attention in U.S. religious congregations
One-in-ten U.S. adults say it is morally wrong to drive a car with low gas mileage
Three-in-ten evangelicals say climate change is not a serious problem because God is in control of the climate
Majority of evangelicals concerned environmental regulations will lead to loss of individual freedoms
Within each major religious group, Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to say climate change is not a serious problem
The connection among partisanship, religion and views about climate change, all else equal
The composition of U.S. adults, by religious commitment and concern about climate change
Highly religious Americans who are concerned about climate change skew Democratic
Nearly four-in-ten U.S. adults believe ‘we are living in the end times’
Those who believe humanity is living in the ‘end times’ are somewhat less likely to view climate change as a serious problem
Americans who think about future generations view climate change as a very serious problem
Religious ‘nones’ among most likely to say when we make decisions as a country, we should consider things previous generations did not
Nearly half of Americans say that God gave humans duty to care for the Earth AND the right to use it
Americans who are less concerned about climate change are more likely to hold dominionist views
Nearly half of Americans do several things in their daily lives to help protect the environment
Three-in-ten religious ‘nones’ did at least one civic activity last year to address climate change
Four-in-ten regular religious attenders say their congregation has a group that helps protect the environment

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