Reuters: Many Americans are skeptical about global warming and that makes it harder to get a bill through Congress. “My personal leanings are that it’s more cyclical than a permanent trend,” said Jimmy Pritchard, a Southern Baptist pastor in a Dallas suburb. “And I think It’s a little presumptuous to put so many resources and energy into something that may change direction in the next few years.” Such views, widespread in the U.S. heartland, drive conservative opposition to …