I don't think most Republicans or the WSJ deny climate change these days, just differ on urgency and impact.

This poll shows 67% of Republicans think warming is happening and 56% think warming will continue in the future if nothing is done to address it.

https://www.rff.org/publications/reports/climateinsights2020...

Why continue to use weasel words (i.e., an equivocal word used to deprive a statement of its force or to evade a direct commitment) like 'climate change'? What does that mean? Aside from the truism that the climate is always changing (who can possibly disagree?) what specifically is denied and which values are accepted? Estimations of the warming due to carbon dioxide comprise a wide range of values not changed much in 20 years. Met Office UK states that the warming parameter (ECS) has a 'likely' range of 1.5 - 4.5°C and is extremely unlikely to be below 1°C and very unlikely greater than 6°C. The wide range accounts for all evidence.

Stating this is not denying anything. It's accepting the complexity of the issue rather than indulging in emotive cliches.

Last time I’ve heard any Republicans party official deny evolution was during Bush administration.

Mike Pence denies it.

Recently?

No, I guess you’re right; all the recent news about Pence is about his role in trying to overthrow the election. 2009 is the last time I see him on record denying the theory of evolution, but I also don’t see any indication that he has changed his position, and he was in a pretty high position of power within the Republican Party as recently as 2020.

Even the 2009 incident you're referring to is not really a denial. He is quite careful to neither explicitly endorse it nor deny it. My guess is that he actually is quite on board with evolution, but did not want to alienate a huge chunk of his electorate, who are, in fact, evolution deniers. This segment has been declining in relevance over last decade, hence my comment, that accusing Republicans of being evolution denialists is rather outdated, as that was a Bush-era thing.

You have to be delusional to believe pence has any power. He was chosen to appease a certain part of the party needed to get enough electoral votes.nothing more

You may be right about that. Trump thought Pence had the ability to unilaterally declare the victor of the 2020 election, for example.

in 2016, pence was chosen to appeal to evangelicals, who may have been off put by trump's persona. Nothing to do with 2020 considerations.

The republicans passed a resolution asserting that the climate does indeed change.