It’s hard to imagine voters of any age are confused about which party cares about climate change and which one doesn’t. Along with calling the issue a Chinese hoax, Trump has vowed to pump even more oil and gas than Biden, repeal the IRA and hamstring environmental regulations, among many other things detailed in the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, the blueprint for a second Trump administration.
Environmentalists have grumbled about Biden’s climate compromises in the name of politics, including approving the Willow oil project and watering down auto emissions standards. But they appreciate the rest of his record and recognise it must be preserved.
Now that the business end of the election is approaching, with a Trump restoration a real threat, most will be pragmatic about Harris’ own concessions to electoral reality.
“The alternative is like 10 steps back, and the contrast is so real and so obvious to me,” Ned Ketyer, president of the board of Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, an anti-fracking group, told the Allegheny Front after Harris reversed her position on fracking.
Still, it would be nice if we could discuss this issue with our full chest. Fracking really is bad. A fossil-fuel boom, when humanity is on the cusp of being unable to limit global heating to merely disastrous levels, is nothing to celebrate. Fighting climate change would actually help the economy, stocks and the fight against inflation.
Just as two-thirds of us worry about climate change, two-thirds of us say we rarely or never discuss it with our friends or family. Maybe we don’t talk about climate change now, but nothing is stopping us. The more we normalise talking about it, the likelier we are to actually do something about it.
Source: CNA
