In the deadly aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the Republican ticket's approach to the climate crisis appears to be veering into open denialism.
Hurricane Helene has destroyed parts of inland cities in the eastern U.S. Now will climate change be an issue in the presidential campaign?
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Exchange Between Vance and Walz Shows Gulf on Climate Change Views
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Vance on carbon emissions and climate change: ‘Let’s just say that’s true’
Let’s just say climate change is real
“Let’s just say that’s true, for the sake of argument,” Vance said near the beginning of a policy-laden debate that featured an unheard-of seven minutes and 13 seconds on climate change. “The answer is you want to reshore as much manufacturing as possible, and you want to produce as much energy as possible in the United States of America.”
Project 2025 strips EPA’s authority to set environmental standards. Since 1970, air pollution is down 77% while GDP grew 285% and job growth rose 223% - a false choice.
CBS News moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan pegged their question to Helene and pointed to research showing that climate change makes hurricanes “larger, stronger, and more deadly,” as well as polling showing that 7 in 10 Americans favor taking steps to address climate change.
Nations will press forward without the United States if they must, according to climate negotiators who gathered in New York last week during the United Nations General Assembly. But the first Trump presidency was a setback in the climate fight, and a repeat would slow things down at a critical point when scientists say efforts need to speed up.
The Republican nominee, Sen. JD Vance, first shed doubt on climate change — calling it “weird science” — before arguing the U.S. should reshore domestic manufacturing and energy production. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz responded by pointing out that the Democrats’ 2022 climate law boosted manufacturing jobs and clean energy.
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The states where climate progress is on the ballotAfter a decade of failed attempts to charge polluters for emitting carbon dioxide, Washington state’s landmark cap-and-trade program finally started up last year, raising billions of dollars for electric school buses,
During Tuesday night's vice presidential debate, "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell asked what responsibilities would the Trump and Harris administrations have to reduce the impact of climate change in the wake of Hurricane Helene's destruction across the Southeast.
Vance isn't sure about "weird science" suggesting carbon changes the climate but still wants more energy production
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A guide to what a second Trump White House can — and can’t — do to the American effort to slow global warming.
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