The Silence on Climate Change Is Totally Unacceptable (opens in new tab)

Something odd and disturbing has happened on the issue of climate change in the last few years. Even as the crisis has gotten worse, and the need to address it more urgent, elected officials have been talking about it less. This month, Vox’s Kate Yoderobserves that “Democratic politicians who once talked about climate change as the defining crisis of our time now barely mention it at all” and “the phrase has begun disappearing from their speeches, social media posts, and podcast appearances.”...