0Our Sinking EarthAcross the globe, conservatives who have gone green are under fire for their carbon-cutting zeal. Sam Bungey on David Cameron’s comeuppance, Monsieur Taxe’s troubles, and Australia’s denier coup.Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:26PM EDT / Published Dec. 10, 2009 10:22AM EST Corbis KiribatiCorbis IndonesiaBeawiharta / Landov / Reuters VanuatuSami Sarkis / Getty Images TuvaluAshley Cooper / Corbis Sunderbans Delta, IndiaDeshakalyn Chowdhury / AFP / Getty Images Torres Strait Islands, AustraliaOliver Strewe / Corbis The Coral Triangle, BaliSonny Tumbelaka / AFP / Getty Images PalauStephen Alvarez / Getty Images MaldivesMohammed Seeneen / AP Photo TongaKim Westerskov / Getty Images VietnamLe Quang Nhat / AP Photo Marshall IslandsReinhard Dirscherl / Getty Images ItalyLuigi Costantini / AP Photo Carteret Islands, Papua New GuineaDavid Longstreath / AP Photo
KiribatiCorbis IndonesiaBeawiharta / Landov / Reuters VanuatuSami Sarkis / Getty Images TuvaluAshley Cooper / Corbis Sunderbans Delta, IndiaDeshakalyn Chowdhury / AFP / Getty Images Torres Strait Islands, AustraliaOliver Strewe / Corbis The Coral Triangle, BaliSonny Tumbelaka / AFP / Getty Images PalauStephen Alvarez / Getty Images MaldivesMohammed Seeneen / AP Photo TongaKim Westerskov / Getty Images VietnamLe Quang Nhat / AP Photo Marshall IslandsReinhard Dirscherl / Getty Images ItalyLuigi Costantini / AP Photo Carteret Islands, Papua New GuineaDavid Longstreath / AP Photo