US voters want action on global heating. So why are midterm candidates ‘climate hushing’?
Why This Matters
Key context: <p>Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisis</p><p>Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence.</p><p>People in the US have this year endured a <a href="https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202608">record</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/29/electricity-disconnected-record-heat">hot summer</a> as well as soaring costs, equating to <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6146031-iran-war-cost-households/">roughly $2,000 per household</a>, in extra energy and mortgage payments, due to the country’s dependence on a fossil fuel supply scrambled by Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/16/midterms-voters-climate-crisis-candidates">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
Polls show that Democrats and Republicans in battleground states want to hear more from candidates about the climate crisisMost Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence.People in the US have this year endured a record hot summer as well as soaring costs, equating to roughly $2,000 per household, in extra energy and mortgage payments, due to the country’s dependence on a fossil fuel supply scrambled by Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran. Continue reading...
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