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Religious Groups’ Views on Global Warming

Earth Day takes place on April 22 each year. One issue at the center of public discussions about the environment is global warming: whether it is occurring and what its causes might be. An analysis by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life of a 2008 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press examines views on global warming among major religious traditions in the U.S.

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Data from a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 23-27, 2008, among 1,502 American adults.Results for other religious groups are not reported due to small sample sizes.

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