Democrats’ ‘climate hushing’ prompts activists to turn up the volume

The Guardian reports that while torrential rains have washed away Texas neighborhoods this summer and dangerous heat has blanketed much of the country — with smoke from Canadian wildfires reaching as far south as Florida — the climate crisis has largely disappeared from the political agenda. Many Democrats who once called global warming an existential threat are now avoiding the topic. Research confirms warming is making extreme weather more frequent and severe. Activists are organizing nationwide actions pushing back against this climate silence.

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