{"id":37720,"date":"2019-06-29T01:56:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T01:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=37720"},"modified":"2019-06-29T01:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T01:56:48","slug":"climate-change-gets-the-attention-it-deserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=37720","title":{"rendered":"Climate change gets the attention it deserves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If there was an issue that won the day during the two nights of Democratic presidential candidates’ joint appearance, it had to be climate change.<\/p>\n

The Republican president these men and women want to replace has ignored the issue, other than to declare it is a “hoax.”<\/p>\n

It is no such thing. The Democratic candidates have spoken at varying levels of enthusiasm about the need to deal with climate change and the existential threat it poses to our national security.<\/p>\n

I am glad to hear these candidates raise the level of attention to this dire issue. I am delighted they have elevated the issue to the front rank. I want to them to keep the issue in front of us for as long as it takes.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump’s non-response to the climate change crisis is to promote exploration of fossil fuels, the burning of which is one of the primary sources of carbon emissions that are warming Earth’s atmosphere and, thus, are changing the climate that surrounds the planet.<\/p>\n

Climate change is the signature issue of one of the Democratic presidential candidates: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. He makes no apology for his intention to make the issue his front-and-center talking point as he campaigns for the White House. Nor should he.<\/p>\n

Climate change won’t elect Jay Inslee in November 2020 to the presidency. However, the issue will continue to be discussed openly and fully by the Democratic contenders for their party’s nomination.<\/p>\n

Whoever emerges as the nominee to face Donald Trump must keep the climate change volume turned up. I trust that nominee will continue to sound the alarm.<\/p>\n\n

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If there was an issue that won the day during the two nights of Democratic presidential candidates’ joint appearance, it had to be climate change. The Republican president these men and women want to replace has ignored the issue, other than to declare it is a “hoax.” It is no such thing. The Democratic candidates … Continue reading Climate change gets the attention it deserves<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7225,1027,1332,1927,1941],"class_list":["post-37720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmental-news","tag-2020-election","tag-climate-change","tag-democratic-candidates","tag-global-warming","tag-gop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37721,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37720\/revisions\/37721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}