Triple digit heat grips much of the nation as the work week begins. In the northeast, flooding rain washed out numerous roads over the weekend and more thunderstorms are expected tonight and tomorrow. At this point virtually no one is denying the reality of human driven climate change, yet no politician running for president has made it a signature issue and tied their campaign to it.
Yes, there are plenty of issues confronting the nation in the years ahead, but they all pale in comparison to the existential threat to humanity a rapidly warming earth poses. Republicans remain in thrall to fossil fuel interests and have decided culture war issues are their ticket to power. A vote for any GOP candidate from dogcatcher to president is a vote to condemn our descendants literally to a hellish future.
Meanwhile, many Democrats continue to avoid the hard choices that must be made relatively quickly to avoid the worst outcomes climate change threatens. The Biden administration has made a start on the issue, but it must use the increasingly dangerous weather conditions we are enduring as a springboard to increasing the general public's understanding of the dangers we face.
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