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Presidential Candidates Avoid Climate For First Time In Nearly 20 Years

Monday, October 22, 2012 23:12
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First published on ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, which was recently named one of Time magazine’s Top 25 blogs of 2010.

For the first time since 1984, presidential candidates did not mention the issue of climate change during debates. Even as the world has seen 331 consecutive months with global temperatures over the 20th century average, even as extreme weather gets more intense and expensive, even as the Arctic sees unprecedented melt of sea ice, and even as scientists issue dire warnings about an approaching climate “tipping point,” the issue got no mention at all with three debates.

At the end of tonight’s foreign policy debate, CBS’ Bob Scheiffer got the closest of anyone to the issue: “What do you believe is the greatest future threat to the national security of this country?” he asked.

Alas, nothing on climate — an issue that experts say will be a central driver of foreign policy over the coming decade.

Nostalgic for a time when climate change was a serious issue for presidential candidates? Watch the compilation below:



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