Meet the Republicans in Congress who don't believe climate change is real

On Tuesday, the Senate will vote to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. With Republicans now in control of both chambers in Congress, here's a round-up of some of the most prominent climate sceptics (and deniers) in the GOPIt's much easier to list Republicans in Congress who think climate change is real than it is to list Republicans who don't, because there are so few members of the former group. Earlier this year, Politifact went looking for congressional Republicans who had not expressed scepticism about climate change and came up with a list of eight (out of 278). But with the GOP taking over the Senate next year - and with the Senate set to vote on approving the Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday - the question again arises of what, exactly, prominent Republicans think about the evidence that humans are changing the climate. Continue reading...