Levka<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demographics</span></a></p><p>"As record-breaking heat waves sweep across the country this summer, a new national poll reveals an overwhelming majority of Americans are linking the punishing temperatures to climate change — and voicing deep concern about the government’s ability to respond.</p><p>The American Climate Perspectives Survey 2025, conducted by ecoAmerica, found that 86% of Americans say rising temperatures have increased their concern about climate change, with more than half reporting they are 'a lot' more concerned. </p><p>The sentiment cuts across demographic and political lines, with 97% of Democrats, 83% of Independents, and 79% of Republicans expressing heightened worry about the climate crisis.</p><p>'Americans are connecting extreme heat to climate change, their health, and government inaction,' said Meighen Speiser, executive director of ecoAmerica.</p><p>Nearly 9 in 10 respondents recognize the toll heat is taking on public health, with 58% saying extreme heat affects health 'a lot.' This awareness is remarkably consistent across racial, age, and income groups. </p><p>Among Black Americans, 91% said rising temperatures have intensified their concern about climate change, reflecting some of the highest concern levels among any group surveyed.</p><p>Those concerns are not abstract. Decades of research by the Brookings Institution, NOAA and others, show Black communities often face the greatest exposure to extreme heat and the fewest resources to adapt. </p><p>Studies have documented that historically redlined neighborhoods, where many Black Americans live, are routinely up to 10 degrees hotter than wealthier, predominantly white neighborhoods nearby. </p><p>'Extreme heat is the deadliest climate hazard in the United States. And while heat itself does not discriminate, centuries of racist housing policies such as redlining magnify its impact. Such policies segregated Black neighborhoods, induced lower rate rates of homeownership, and ensured underinvestment in those communities—all of which make Black residents more vulnerable to extreme heat,' according to the September 2023 Brookings report. 'In 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency reported that Black people are 40% more likely than non-Black people to live in areas with the highest projected increase in mortality rates due to extreme temperatures.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtoninformer.com/america-links-heat-climate-change/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtoninformer.com/america</span><span class="invisible">-links-heat-climate-change/</span></a></p>