Late last year, a Pew Research study on climate change found that while Democrats strongly believe that U.S. government isn’t doing enough to address the problem, among Republicans there was a generational divide, Many younger GOPers actually agreed that Washington should do more, but only 31 percent of baby boomer or older Republicans felt that way. Call this the Fox News effect. The base’s denial of science accepted by 98 percent or more of the world’s climatologists has given the Trump administration political cover to roll back all sorts of needed environmental rules and please his Big Oil and Gas donors.