Environment
The Debate Comes Up Woefully Short on Climate (Again)
The candidates stay silent in what’s likely to be the hottest year on record.
Wednesday’s final presidential debate contained exactly one mention of climate change. Here it is, from Hillary Clinton: “I think we can compete with high-wage countries, and I believe we should. New jobs and clean energy, not only to fight climate change, which is a serious problem, but to create new opportunities and new businesses.”
The anemic mention follows the second presidential debate, which also had one reference to climate, again from Clinton: “So I have a comprehensive energy policy, but it really does include fighting climate change, because I think that is a serious problem.”