The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a briefing at the Augusta Emergency Operations Center as she visits areas impacted by Hurricane Helene, in Augusta, Ga., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks during a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, with Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in New York.
Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Wednesday to see hard-hit areas, two days after her Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, was in the state and criticized the federal response to the storm, which has killedPresident Joe Biden toured some of the hardest-hit areas by helicopter on Wednesday.
Bob Henson, a meteorologist and writer with Yale Climate Connections, said it was no surprise that Helene is pushing both the federal disaster response and human-caused climate change into the campaign conversation. In fact, summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it likely this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, according to the European climate service Copernicus. Global records
The answer, he said, is to"produce as much energy as possible in the United States of America, because we’re the cleanest economy in the entire world.''
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