The headline is on backwards

In a roundabout way yes I think it is

Petrochemical companies are lobbying hard with politicians able to be bought because science is basically suggesting we essentially kill the entire industry off as expediently as possible—they are doing anything they can to stave that off for as long as they can, and they have a shitload of money to use on that goal.

If a politician can be bought, particularly over something as urgent as climate change, they are clearly going to value personal success over collective success—which pretty much always leads to right-wing authoritarianism.

Right-wing authoritarians are very good at propagandising rubes who don’t pay enough attention to the big picture when they’ve got the funds to do so.

And here we are with the current situation.

No it isn’t.

Maybe fossil fuels?

Unfettered capitalism is strangling the working class. People are angry that they’re worse off than their parents were, and looking for someone to blame. Failure to keep corporate power in check is causing both climate change and the rise of populism and authoritarianism.