One important thing has been lost in all of the obituaries of Roger Ailes’s career at Fox News. The Roger Ailes we know, the one who built a conservative-leaning network from scratch and enforced its philosophy without compromise, would not exist if not for his corporate patron, Rupert Murdoch.

Conservative and free-market groups have staged a rearguard effort to get the Republican party to accept the dangers of climate change, criticizing climate denialism within the GOP and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

Facing the increasing likelihood of a Hillary Clinton presidency, growing attacks from liberals and its own divides over a potential carbon tax, the oil industry is rethinking its political strategy on climate change.

Exxon Mobil Corp. is ramping up its lobbying of other energy companies to support a carbon tax, marking a shift in the oil giant’s approach to climate change as the industry faces growing pressure to address the politically charged issue.

Florida will be this nation's No. 1 victim of climate change. Water is already pooling in streets of cities like Coral Gables and Miami Beach. We can expect that problem to spread, and scientists tell us that Florida also can look forward to higher temperatures, beach erosion, saltwater in the Biscayne Aquifer, greater risk of health problems such as the Zika virus, stronger hurricanes, and weather extremes of all kinds.

Beginning Tuesday and running until the end of the Republican National Convention in July, the most widely circulated print newspaper in the United States will run a series of ads calling out its own bias against climate change.