Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?

A Plumas Hotshots fire crew work to fight the Park Fire near Tehama County's Mill Creek area in California on Aug. 7. The fire burned some 429,603 acres according to Cal Fire. Credit: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images

Though the stakes could hardly be higher for a planet increasingly imperiled by global warming, the topic surfaced only occasionally in the run-up to the presidential election, puzzling analysts who said that climate change is a key issue for voters that Vice President Kamala Harris needed to court. The Democratic platform recognizes climate change as … Continue reading Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?

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