THEY’RE NOT SCIENTISTS. (cover story)

REPUBLICAN Party (U.S. : 1854- ); CLIMATE change skepticism; CLIMATE change & politics; OBAMA, Barack, 1961-; UNITED States. Environmental Protection Agency; UNITED States presidential election, 2016; EMISSIONS trading laws; UNITED States. Congress

The article discusses climate change denial or skepticism in relation to the U.S. Republican Party (GOP). Topics include Republican opposition to U.S. President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan (CPP) to be carried out by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the failure of U.S. cap and trade legislation, and the opinions of Republican members of the U.S. Congress and 2016 Republican U.S. presidential candidates.