Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

England is officially in drought, and so is all of Wales, with wildfires having torn through the Cairngorms, Suffolk, and the Isle of Wight as reservoirs run low. The Guardian reports farmers are warning of possible food shortages, and even the Royal Horticultural Society is weighing whether to move its hydrangeas to cope with the heat. Amid all this, a small group of right-leaning commentators is pushing back on the climate framing, telling politicians that climate action is unpopular and downplaying the crisis's severity even as the extreme weather plays out on the ground.

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