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· July 6, 2026

climate-change-american-mind-beliefs-attitudes-spring-2026-4.4

These bar charts show the percentage of Americans who are at least “a little” interested in news stories about how global warming is affecting the cost of living, actions being taken by the U.S. government in response to global warming, the causes of global warming, the impacts of global warming on their local community, the impacts of global warming around the world , actions that are being taken by businesses in response to global warming, the impacts of global warming elsewhere in the United States, actions being taken that make global warming worse, actions being taken in their local community in response to global warming, actions being taken by foreign governments in response to global warming, actions being taken to oppose solutions to global warming, and whether global warming is or is not happening. A majority of Americans are interested in news stories about topics related to global warming. Data: Climate Change in the American Mind, Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2026. Refer to the data tables in Appendix 1 of the report for all percentages.