The young Republicans breaking with their party over climate change
Millennial Trump supporters are starting to bring scientific reality to their party, but how far are they willing to go?
Donald Trump's indifference, punctuated by bursts of mocking disdain, towards climate change has been indulged and even cheered by his supporters. The president has called climate science "bullshit", donned a coalminer's helmet at rallies and defenestrated federal rules designed to cut planet-warming emissions.
It is becoming harder, however, for Trump to swat away the unfolding crises caused by global warming. American lives are increasingly ravaged by flooding and wildfires and Democrats have seized the initiative with the Green New Deal resolution, which proposes full-scale societal and economic change to eliminate carbon emissions while investing in education, health, transport and a federal jobs guarantee.
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