Politics vs Climate Change

Is there some sort of a legal requirement for US Republican congresscreatures to make such brain-breakingly daft pronouncements on a regular basis? Or is it just party doctrine?

Meanwhile, over here in Australia we've stopped arguing about whether climate change is occurring (we have three states full of soggy people saying "yes, it bloody well is" being reinforced by all the drought-affected ones, some of whom are in the same states) and we're now arguing about what should be done about it. The current government is proposing a price on carbon (and they're currently in discussion with various industry and community groups to determine what that price should be). Meanwhile, our loyal opposition are busy saying we should leave it all up to the market (but please don't ask the miners, the farmers, the manufacturers, or any other large industry to actually do anything about the mess they're making, because they might get all offended and move off-shore).

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