Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real

From today's Washington Post.

Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real. So why won’t the GOP?
By Fred Hiatt Editorial page editor December 6 at 6:59 PM

To understand how dangerously extreme the Republican Party has become on climate change, compare its stance to that of ExxonMobil.

… With no government action, Exxon experts told us during a visit to The Post last week, average temperatures are likely to rise by a catastrophic (my word, not theirs) 5 degrees Celsius, with rises of 6, 7 or even more quite possible.

What then explains the know-nothingism of today’s Republicans? Some of them see scientists as part of a left-wing cabal; many of them doubt government’s ability to do anything, let alone something as big as redirecting the economy’s energy use. Almost all of them, along with quite a few Democrats, would rather not tell voters that energy prices need to rise for the sake of the environment.

 I think it is fair to repeat Fred Hiatt's question.

Even ExxonMobil says climate change is real. So why won’t the Oregonian?