I think the end-time theology thing is understated. There's a significant part of the US population who actually believes that the reason they don't need to be

I think the end-time theology thing is understated. There's a significant part of the US population who actually believes that the reason they don't need to be concerned about the environment is because God will rapture them up before the shit hits the fan. This also allows a fringe of that fringe to actively ignore political leaders who don't cater to their specific subset of interests because they "might be the anti-christ." Between Obama + Antichrist and Trump + Antichrist alone there are over 7 million results on google including a ton of kindle books.