Shikha Dalmia on the Impossibility of an Ideology-Free Conversation on Global Warming

Democrats and Republicans played their part
in the global warming saga last week. The White House issued a
showing that global warming was unleashing its wrath on America
through mudslides, hurricanes and pests. Republicans trotted out
their own brief, dismissing this as the usual liberal gloom and
doom.

Why do Republicans so stubbornly resist the climate change
story? Conversely, why are liberals so eager to buy the climate
apocalypse?

The answer, writes Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha
Dalmia, is that each side is driven by concerns over whether this
issue advances or impedes its broader normative commitments. And,
she adds, that’s not a bad thing.

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