Why denying the science of climate change is no longer politically tenable.
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump greets Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance on the second day of the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Vehicles are at a standstill southbound on Interstate Highway 35, Feb. 18, 2021, in Killeen, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas.Even so, climate change policies are not among the top of concerns for Republican voters, according to January 2024 polling from the, just 12% of Republicans and those who lean Republican say dealing with climate change should be a top priority for the president and Congress.
In the end, the widespread opposition to climate policy reform has little to do with disputing climate science and more to do with objections to the monetary cost of addressing it, according to Aseem Prakash, a professor of political science at University of Washington and director of the Center for Environmental Politics.concerning environmental issues began during the Reagan administration in the 1980s, according to Aronowsky.
Playing into those politics are gasoline prices, which have become a partial barometer of economic security, Matt Huber, a professor in Syracuse University's geography and environment department, told ABC News. He also noted that that the oil and gas industry has history of funding research that contradicts climate science.
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