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Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom?

An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.

By Peter Aldhous

House Democrats walk down the steps of the Capitol before a news conference on Dec. 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Crews with Georgia Power repair transmission lines on Aug. 6, 2024, in Savannah, Ga. Credit: Megan Varner/Getty Images

Could Georgia Voters Turn Their Utilities Commission Blue?

By Ryan Krugman

Eugene DePasquale, the current chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, is the state chairman for Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Gas Industry Front Group Targets Democrats in Pennsylvania

By Kiley Bense

An aerial view of the Altamont Pass wind farm on Jan. 13 in Livermore, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

House Democrats Want Clean Energy Tax Credits Back

By Arcelia Martin

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) speaks during a climate action news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Are ‘Climate Hushers’ Lurking in the Democratic Party?

By Claire Barber

Democrat Abigail Spanberger speaks on Tuesday after being declared the winner of the Virginia gubernatorial race against Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy

By Charles Paullin

New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (center-left) celebrates her election night win during a watch party at the Hilton East Brunswick Hotel on Tuesday. Credit: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs

By Marianne Lavelle

As the Election Draws Near, Democrats Face a Climate Messaging Conundrum

By Kiley Price

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) speaks during a rally to highlight the efforts of Congressional Democrats to legislate against climate change outside the U.S. Capitol in October 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.

After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change

By Marianne Lavelle

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) speaks to reporters before a hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Democrats Produce a Far-Reaching Climate Bill, But the Price of Compromise with Joe Manchin is Years More Drilling for Oil and Gas

By Marianne Lavelle, Nicholas Kusnetz

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers brief remarks during the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 12, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Biden Is Losing His Base on Climate Change, a New Pew Poll Finds. Six in 10 Democrats Don’t Feel He’s Doing Enough

By Marianne Lavelle

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly speaks to supporters during the Election Night event at Hotel Congress on Nov. 3, 2020 in Tucson, Arizona. Kelly defeated Republican Sen. Martha McSally (R-Arizona) for Arizona's Senate seat. Credit: Courtney Pe

The Polls Showed Democrats Poised to Reclaim the Senate. Then Came Election Day.

By James Bruggers, Judy Fahys

Most Republicans Don't Think Global Warming Is Happening

By Elizabeth McGowan

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