https://www.contexte.com/eu/article/energy/dont-say-climate-us-democrats-midterm-elections-strategy_283542
By Eva Thiebaud
Excerpt: US Democrats have kept a low profile on climate during the midterm campaign. But observers see ways for the party’s most progressive candidates to tackle the issue indirectly – from power grids to renewables – if they win back Congress.
Americans have endured a summer of record-breaking heatwaves and are grappling with soaring fuel and energy costs, while the fallout from the US war on Iran and the spread of energy-hungry data centres top the agenda.
Yet in the run-up to the 3 November midterm elections, candidates have barely campaigned on climate change – a phenomenon researchers in the US have dubbed “ climate hushing ”.
Instead, climate and energy have largely been reframed as affordability issues, including through calls…
Americans have endured a summer of record-breaking heatwaves and are grappling with soaring fuel and energy costs, while the fallout from the US war on Iran and the spread of energy-hungry data centres top the agenda.
Yet in the run-up to the 3 November midterm elections, candidates have barely campaigned on climate change – a phenomenon researchers in the US have dubbed “ climate hushing ”.
Instead, climate and energy have largely been reframed as affordability issues…
