Veytics Intelligence
2026-11-02 · DW

For US Democrats, climate policy is now about energy bills

President Donald Trump's administration has gutted US climate policy . Yet even as wildfires, record heat waves and flooding hit communities across the country, Democrats are keeping quiet about global warming on the midterm campaign trail . Instead, candidates are packaging climate policy as an affordability issue, stressing how Americans are struggling to afford gas, groceries and to insure their homes against climate-fueled weather extremes. Take Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in Texas, who represents the party's best chance at winning the race in the Republican stronghold in nearly 40 years. Though he makes some mention of climate change on his campaign's "energy and environment" page, that is not his focus.

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