… In a new nationally representative survey, we asked Americans how much they think global warming is harming their local communities, who they think is responsible for paying the costs from the associated damages, and whether they support lawsuits to make fossil fuel companies pay for a portion of local damages.
We find that about half of Americans (53%) think global warming is harming their local community either a “moderate amount” or a “great deal.” Fewer think global warming is harming their community “only a little” (19%) or “not at all” (16%).
A majority of Americans (57%) also think fossil fuel companies have either “a great deal” or “a moderate amount” of responsibility for the damages caused by global warming. In addition, 57% of the public supports making fossil fuel companies pay for a portion of the damages to local communities caused by carbon pollution from burning fossil fuels. CONT.
Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
