That is the canard that the left puts out there. They say if you don't believe in AGW, then you don't want to respect and protect the environment, but just rape it for your own capitalistic uses. That is why they always say research against AGW come from Big Oil or Big Coal.
Actually, this hits at the heart of the whole "global warming" issue. Leftists have nothing else in their spiritually vacant lives to make them matter, so they have to "care" about "saving the erf". It makes them superior to those who don't care about saving the erf.