Why Are so Many Democrats Going Quiet on Climate Change?

Why Have Democrats Gone Quiet on Climate Change?

The common wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests otherwise.

Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?

As the midterm elections approach, something strange has happened: Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our time now barely mention it at all. The phrase has begun disappearing from their speeches, social media posts, and podcast appearances. The main exception is Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat who has given some version of his “Time to Wake Up” speech on the dangers of climat…

Democrats shouldn’t focus on ‘climate change’

This year has started as the hottest on record, but as climate change wreaks havoc at home and abroad, why don’t Americans care that much?