Americans everywhere are talking about the searing heat of the summer that just ended. Except in the political debate.
On both coasts and many places in between, about 100 cities have sweated and panted their way through the. Roads buckled in Wisconsin and Washington state, New York’s Third Avenue Bridge swung open to allow ships to pass but so swelled in the heat that it couldn’t close again and Amtrak announced delays across its network as train tracks warped.In August alone, the US Department of Health issued “extreme heat” health warnings for regions with a collective population of 57.
And the effects weren’t felt only in the air. “About seven in 10 Americans say in the last year extreme heat has had an impact on their electricity bills, ranging from minor to major,” an Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research poll found. Further, four in 10 reported that extreme heat had affected their sleep, pets or exercise routines.
Harris had long shared the vibe: “We cannot afford to be patient,” she said in 2021. “And we are determined to meet our goal of a 50 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030. We are absolutely determined to meet that goal. Again, we know that it is not something that is just a goal, it is an imperative.”
That was then. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the UN’s COP28 conference in Dubai last November.First was in her speech formally accepting the nomination at the Democratic National Convention. After promising to restore American women’s “reproductive freedom”, she said: “In this election, many other fundamental freedoms are at stake … The freedom to breathe clean air, and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.
But having conceded to the fracking industry, she felt the need to reassure the majority of the country that she was still committed to addressing climate change nonetheless.
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