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4. Religious groups’ views on climate change
Atheists more likely than others to rank climate change as a very important voting issue
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- 4. Religious groups’ views on climate change
- Nine-in-ten atheists say the Earth is getting warmer mostly due to human activity
- Evangelical Protestants among the least likely to view global climate change as a serious problem
- One-in-five Protestants say climate change is not a serious problem because God is in control of the climate
- Religious ‘nones’ optimistic we can slow climate change, split on whether it will be difficult
- Most U.S. adults say society should focus both on slowing climate change and preparing to deal with its effects
- Most evangelical Protestants say Americans today should value same things as previous generations
- Atheists overwhelmingly expect more extreme weather events, other adverse effects of climate change within the next 30 years
- Christians about twice as likely as atheists, agnostics to think the U.S. will overreact to climate change by creating unnecessary environmental regulations
- Majority of evangelicals expect gradual loss of individual freedoms because of environmental regulations
- Atheists more likely than others to rank climate change as a very important voting issue