This is an old story from 2005, but it is still relevant:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19162-2005Jan18.html. Climate change is attacked on political grounds when it becomes inconvenient for economies.

The ski season ended in 1998, and within 20 years, experts expect the ice to be gone. Water shortages are bound to follow. Crisis looms for Bolivia as glaciers melt.