Laudato Si … an excellent 1-page summary
Here. Quotable:
“Roman Catholics account for the largest single religious denomination” (PDF) among members of the 114th House of Representatives, a number that has been trending upward in recent years.
“While six-in-ten Catholic Democrats say global warming is a man-made phenomenon and that it poses a very serious problem, only about a quarter of Catholic Republicans agree,” reports a new survey from the Pew Research Center.
This ThinkProgress page provides quotes and demographic information for the 170 climate-change deniers in Congress.
The New York Times reports that Americans’ concern for climate change is increasing. More than 6 in 10 American adults now say that “global warming is either a ‘very serious’ or ‘somewhat serious’ problem.”