In a must-read editorial, USA Today compared climate science deniers to "the 'birthers' who continue to challenge President Obama's American citizenship — a vocal minority that refuses to accept overwhelming evidence."

In making the comparison, the newspaper cited both the National Academy's "Climate Choices" study and their own devastating dismantling of statistician Edward Wegman's work, which has been a corner-stone corner-card of the climate science denial cult:

USA Today also pushes back against one of the right's favorite arguments for delay — that acting alone won't solve the problem: "It's hard to imagine China and India acting, however, if the U.S. doesn't lead."