Climate has fallen somewhat into the background, in some small part because the planet is not actually warming. Not that it matters to some: AG Lynch: DOJ Has Discussed Whether to Pursue Civil Action Against Climate Change Deniers

Attorney General Loretta Lynch acknowledged Wednesday that there have been discussions within the Department of Justice about possibly pursuing civil action against so-called climate change deniers.

“This matter has been discussed. We have received information about it and have referred it to the FBI to consider whether or not it meets the criteria for which we could take action on,” Lynch said at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department operations.

So stay tuned. The comparison with tobacco is so spurious that even to have raised it shows how intellectually challenged these people are. But as they say, if you can’t beat ’em, jail ’em.