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>> part of this project, too, is there a fundamental desire for conservatism to be anti-science. if you get rid of science, theres a whole cascading impact as to what government can do and based on what. it allows everybody to have their own set of facts here. and i think also, part of it is, if they think it gets liberals goats, on some level. >> thats part of it too. >> part of the strange mural world of climate on the right, i think. in some ways, i think they end up in right-wing outlets, co...

>> absolutely. >> and darrell issa last month, he wasnt having a hearing on global change, but he was saying someone who didnt like the answer, you need to watch more fox news. thats where you need to get your information. >> part of this project, too, is there a fundamental desire for conservatism to be anti-science. if you get rid of science, theres a whole cascading impact as to what government can do and based on what. it allows everybody to have their own set of facts here. and i think also...

Folks. theyre not going to want to get into the buzz saw. >> ezra klein gets tonights last word. thank you for watching. follow me on twitter, at the reid report. and check good evening from new york and happy new year. im chris hayes. as a winter storm bears down on much of the country this evening, we begin with some very good news from the coldest place on earth. >> the first of the helicopters to take us home! >> thanks, everyone! >> this incredible rescue today of 52 scientists, journalis...

Charge. >> part of -- all they have to do, right, is add a question. and that is the strategy, the same strategy the tobacco industry had when it came to the dangers of tobacco. >> and it worked for 30 years. they delayed about -- >> because thats all you really need. is there a question? is this something that is debatable? this plays into a bunch of sort of different conservative, i guess, ideological strains. the idea that if the notion that if each individual functions in their own best inte...

Ago. and that has put me at the center of the larger debate about climate change, but its also given me an opportunity, hopefully, to try to inform this increasingly poisonous discourse that we have over this issue. >> speaking of poisonous discourse, im going to stump you right here. how can there be snow when theres global warming? >> well, you know, we climate scientists actually have a technical term for this phenomenon. its called winter. and you know, were going to continue to have cold da...

What is the deal with this subculture on the right of global warming paranoid conspiracy theories. >> its using the media as a megaphone. rush limbaugh today talking about, you know, how are the packers going to play in wisconsin in january, its so cold, therefore theres no climate change or global warming. again, as mr. mann just said, we still have winter. it still gets cold in wisconsin. but, yeah, this is part of a larger movement, sort of anti-science. a recent poll came out, fewer and fewe...

Do, right, is add a question. and that is the strategy, the same strategy the tobacco industry had when it came to the dangers of tobacco. >> and it worked for 30 years. they delayed about -- >> because thats all you really need. is there a question? is this something that is debatable? this plays into a bunch of sort of different conservative, i guess, ideological strains. the idea that if the notion that if each individual functions in their own best interests, society and, theoretically, the ...

Conspiracy theories. >> its using the media as a megaphone. rush limbaugh today talking about, you know, how are the packers going to play in wisconsin in january, its so cold, therefore theres no climate change or global warming. again, as mr. mann just said, we still have winter. it still gets cold in wisconsin. but, yeah, this is part of a larger movement, sort of anti-science. a recent poll came out, fewer and fewer conservatives believe in evolution. these are the people who said the pollin...

Increase. and you contrast that with, you know, more than a 50% decline in arctic sea ice, which is the real problem, because theres a very large trend thats taking us in a direction where we will see the disappearance of the arctic sea ice environment in a matter of decades, if we continue on this course. >> although on the upside, well be able to drill for oil there, so everythings coming out swimmingly. climate scientist michael mann, thank you very much. joining me now, sam cedar, and eric b...

So theres a lot of sort of strands to this, that the conservative movement does. and ultimately, it is just, again, like a lot of other conservative issues, just sort of rationalizations for corporate interests. >> red states erick erickson got theological today. the difference between -- this is his actual tweet. the difference between the people who believe in the second coming of gee u.s. and those who believe in global warming is that jesus will return. >> and to tie it into the politics, th...