Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S.: study The 76% of Republicans who await a Second Coming are blocking action against Climate Destabilization. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy, at least to the extent that a 6°C rise from business as usual will usher in the end of civilization. Research by David C. Barker of the University of Pittsburgh and David H. Bearce of the U…