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About six-in-ten Americans say countries around the world, including the U.S., will not do enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change. This growing pessimism is driven by Democrats.
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Fossil fuels still dominate global electricity, but wind and solar are surging. In 2025, renewables outpaced coal worldwide for the first time, supplying 34% of electricity.
Over 100 countries have enacted energy policy changes in response to the Middle East conflict, from tax adjustments to fuel subsidies.
Here are six facts about U.S. oil production, consumption, imports and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
In eight countries, at least half of all new cars sold in 2025 were electric or hybrid. The U.S. reached just 10%, well below the global average of 25%.
The two reasons homeowners cite most often are insurance companies wanting to make more money and the costs of repairing and rebuilding.
Three-quarters of U.S. adults say their home energy costs have gone up in recent years, including 42% who say these costs have gone up a lot.
Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.
About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity, up from 43% in 2020.
Americans have become less supportive of wind and solar power since the first Trump administration, a shift driven by declines in support among Republicans.
At least eight-in-ten Americans who experienced extreme weather say climate change contributed a lot or a little.
