Over at Slate.com, Joshua Zaffos has an article about how “Red states are getting a new shade of redder: The people who deny climate change are most likely to suffer from it.” Of course, the piece is partisan and smears Republican climate skeptics.  Take this quote about Republican senator-elect Joni Ernst: Ernst also ducked on climate change this fall, saying during a debate, 'I don't know the science behind climate change,' a variation on the popular 'I'm not a scientist' mantra being repeated by evidence-dodging Republicans. Her hometown of Red Oak sits within Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. Based on Allred's analysis, it's the country's 22nd-largest district by agricultural area and is projected to experience a roughly 9-degree temperature spike by 2100. That's the largest modeled increase of any congressional district in the country, and an approaching disaster for Iowa's farmers. Senator-elect...(Read Full Post)