Fires and floods hurl climate change to fore of U.S. election

NEW YORK - Previously overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s racial reckoning, climate change has hurled to the front of the U.S. presidential race, as historic wildfires raged in the West and powerful storms battered the South.

Edward Maibach, director of the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, said the recent fires and storms had dominated the news cycle and pressed the point.Dozens of wildfires have raged across California and the Pacific Northwest, scorching more than 4.5 million acres within several weeks and killing several dozen people.

This week also saw the appearance of five named storms at once in the Atlantic, a rarity that has not happened since 1971, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The pandemic is predicted to shrink the global economy by 4% this year, or about $3.4 trillion, roughly equivalent to wiping out the economies of Canada and Australia, according to Reuters polling of more than 500 economists.

Although the Democratic National Convention refused to hold a primary debate focused on climate change, media outlet CNN hosted seven hours of climate-focused town halls, where most contenders laid out extensive policy plans on the issue.

And by climate change you mean fires caused by lightning, poor Forrest management & man made via Antifa /BLM arsonists ?

You mean the fires antifa started? Climate change does not start fires. dorks

Don’t forget about the hurricanes and earthquake

Fake news on fake news.

I think the SCOTUS issue will put the arsonists (oops I mean climutt change) on the back burner again. They'll return to Portland, Seattle ...

Too bad there's an Idiot President who doesn't believe in God or Climate Change.

Fires don’t come climate hoax they come from poor forest management 😡

Fire, flood, earthquake, pestilence, famine, and possibly a meteor. God is punishing you for voting Trump

No it does not.

Some of the fires along the west coast have gotten out of control due to too dense of trees. Due to certain legislations passed, there have been set backs on controlled fire burns. Along with the lack of getting rid of the abundance of dead trees. This is part of the issue

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Yeah right

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