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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman in Kerrville, Texas

US voters want action on global heating. So why are midterm candidates ‘climate hushing’?

Split image: storm waves damage a seaside home; a man walks past a
Homes in Long Beach, California, during Post-Tropical Storm Rachel, on 12 October; a polling location during early voting in Atlanta, Georgia, on 13 October. Composite: Getty Images

Most Americans feel unease or alarm about the climate crisis and, in both red and blue states, want to know how political leaders are going to fix it. But in midterm election campaigns across the US, candidates have responded to this desire with near silence.

People in the US have this year endured a record hot summer as well as soaring costs, equating to roughly $2,000 per household, in extra energy and mortgage payments, due to the country’s dependence on a fossil fuel supply scrambled by Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran.

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