There's a difference between being political, and divided across party lines in the US. Similar to how the 'torches of freedom' campaign associated cigarette sm

There's a difference between being political, and divided across party lines in the US. Similar to how the 'torches of freedom' campaign associated cigarette smoking with women's lib [1], by tying anti-environmentalism with the conservative identity, the polluters assure the debate remains hopelessly divided, and nothing gets done. The reason the environmental debate is so divisive (in the US - I haven't noticed the same in Europe), is because it's profitable to keep it so. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom