Views about environmental regulation among non-parents by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among non-parents by views about environmental protection

% of non-parents who say…

Religious denominationStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA44%52%2%2%359
Assemblies of God46%47%3%5%336
Church of God in Christ35%54%3%9%113
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints52%45%2%2%401
Churches of Christ49%46%2%3%376
Episcopal Church30%65%2%2%412
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)34%64%1%1%527
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)56%40%2%2%610
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)38%60%2%1%138
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)27%70%2%1%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod47%50%1%2%377
National Baptist Convention33%61%3%3%358
Nondenominational charismatic43%50%4%3%134
Nondenominational evangelical49%45%3%3%444
Nothing in particular (religion important)37%55%3%4%1,437
Nothing in particular (religion not important)27%68%2%3%2,304
Presbyterian Church (USA)42%52%2%3%354
Presbyterian Church in America41%54%2%3%134
Seventh-day Adventist38%54%2%5%121
Southern Baptist Convention50%44%3%3%1,465
Spiritual but not religious23%57%10%11%105
Unitarian8%89%1%1%130
United Church of Christ30%65%3%2%191
United Methodist Church42%53%2%3%1,323
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