If that image-a Democratic leader griping about the unavailability of cheap fossil fuel for internal combustion engines-seems out of touch with the image of a party that has positioned itself to be the leading voice on climate action, you haven't been paying attention to the way that the Democratic Party, as an institution, deals with climate change.
Registered Democratic voters are the most likely among any political party-Democratic, Republican, or independent-to care about climate change.
As an institution, the Democratic Party has yet to figure out how to grapple with climate change.
Almost two years after the election of Donald Trump-and less than 100 days from a midterm election that could redefine the balance of power in the House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate too-the Democratic Party has yet to craft a unified message of climate action.
It's easy to dismiss the Democratic Party's anodyne response to the climate crisis as a reflection of the priorities of the institution, which is, broadly, to elect more Democratic politicians to political office.
Thus far, the Democratic Party has mostly failed to embrace climate change as a social justice or economic equity issue.
The truth is that with the Republican Party still functioning as one of the only major national parties in the world to deny the scientific consensus on climate change, the Democratic Party has largely won the climate battle by default.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/democratic-party-has-climate-change-problem
Registered Democratic voters are the most likely among any political party-Democratic, Republican, or independent-to care about climate change.
As an institution, the Democratic Party has yet to figure out how to grapple with climate change.
Almost two years after the election of Donald Trump-and less than 100 days from a midterm election that could redefine the balance of power in the House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate too-the Democratic Party has yet to craft a unified message of climate action.
It's easy to dismiss the Democratic Party's anodyne response to the climate crisis as a reflection of the priorities of the institution, which is, broadly, to elect more Democratic politicians to political office.
Thus far, the Democratic Party has mostly failed to embrace climate change as a social justice or economic equity issue.
The truth is that with the Republican Party still functioning as one of the only major national parties in the world to deny the scientific consensus on climate change, the Democratic Party has largely won the climate battle by default.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/democratic-party-has-climate-change-problem
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