The G.O.P. Can’t Ignore Climate Change. by Jon Huntsman

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7. The rise of extremism

in this country is why more Republicans are denying climate change. The Koch's fueled the rise of the tea party for this purpose - to feed ignorance so they don't have to pay for poisoning the environment and can continue to reap massive fossil fuel profits. The threat of being challenged by ultra-conservatives on the far right has had Republicans running scared. And the general ignorance of Fox viewers who believe what they're told without looking anything up and judging the evidence for themselves (too much thinking involved) just helps to push the entire party further and farther in the wrong direction.
I've been a lifelong Independent - but in the past few years the extremism on the right just keeps pushing me further to the left. I'm thinking about registering as a Democrat and the denial about climate change is a primary reason.