Guardian: America Republicans go climate sceptic Not so long ago, cap-and-trade enjoyed bipartisan support. Now, the Tea Party has polluted the GOP’s environmental agenda One of the most distressing developments of this most distressing political season is the almost complete abandonment of interest in the environment by the Republican party. Opposition to action on climate change – particularly, the once-obscure market mechanism called cap-and-trade – has become one of the principle tenets of the Tea…