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The best thing Democrats can do for the climate: Stop talking about it

Green New Deal supporters in front of the US Capitol on February 6, 2024. | Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images With a little over five months until the midterm elections, Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail are trying to show voters they care about cost-of-living issues. To make that pitch, some parts of the party’s usual message may be going by the wayside. That includes the conversation about combating climate change. Once a pillar of the Democratic agenda, it may now be fading into the background. According to Matt Huber, a professor of geography and the environmen...