Environmentalists have predicted for years the next election would be fought on climate. This time they may be right, at least in the Democratic primary.
of issues that Democratic voters care about in the presidential primary, rivaling for the first time longstanding bread-and-butter topics like health care — and a leading environmental group has plans to keep it that way.
The League of Conservation Voters , the deep-pocketed green group that spent over $80 million in last year's midterm elections, aims to ensure climate is not just a priority, but the highest priority for 2020 candidates, with a new campaign to influence the contest backed by an initial $2 million investment called"We want to see a race to the top between the candidates when it comes to combating climate change," Tiernan Sittenfeld, the group’s senior vice president for government...
Natural disasters and the Trump administration's refusal to combat climate change have added political urgency to the issue among Democrats. As has the more confrontational tactics of grassroots groups like the Sunrise Movement and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., whoin House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office during one of her first days on Capitol Hill.
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