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"In the U.S., majorities in all religious groups say the Earth is getting warmer," according (PDF, pp. 268-269) to the latest (2023-2024) iteration of Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Survey.
Asked "Which of these statements about the Earth's temperature comes closest to your view?" 48% of respondents preferred "The Earth is getting warmer mostly because of human activity such as burning fossil fuels," 22% preferred "The Earth is getting warmer mostly because of natural patterns in the Earth's environment," and 11% preferred "There is no solid evidence that the Earth is getting warmer," while 20% were not sure.
Pew observed, "Among Christian subgroups, evangelical Protestants (28%) and Latter-day Saints (29%) stand out as being the least likely to believe the Earth is getting warmer mostly due to human activity." (emphasis in original), adding, "The religious groups that are least likely to say they think the Earth is warming because of human activity are largely Republican and Republican leaning-groups."
The Religious Landscape Study "is a national cross-sectional survey conducted for Pew Research Center by NORC at the University of Chicago. It was conducted in English and Spanish from July 17, 2023, to March 4, 2024, among a nationally representative sample of 36,908 U.S. adults." Respondents completed the survey online, by mail, or by telephone. The national margin of sampling error for the whole sample is plus or minus 0.8 percentage points at the 95% level of confidence.
Previous iterations (2014 and 2007) of the Religious Landscape Survey appear not to have included questions about climate change.
