What’s at stake in this election is … the stable [climate](https://archive.ph/o/LaBYY/https://www.rollingstone.com/t/climate/) that is the basis for civilized life as we know it. Because your job, your freedom, and your future are all dependent on the kindness and generosity of the Earth’s atmosphere.
What happens on Nov. 5 will go a long way toward determining whether Phoenix will be a habitable city in the years to come, whether [wildfires](https://archive.ph/o/LaBYY/https://www.rollingstone.com/t/wildfires/) will consume the West, whether the ocean will become a dead pool of jellyfish and coastal cities like Miami and Charleston become underwater theme parks.
Maybe you love Kamala. Maybe not. Maybe you’re cynical about politics and think it doesn’t really matter who is president. Maybe you don’t want to vote for her because of the ongoing horrors in Gaza. Or maybe you wish that she didn’t play footsie with frackers and was a fiercer advocate of the promise (and the inevitability) of the clean energy revolution.But we live in the world we have, not the world we wish for. And in this world, the job of making sure Donald Trump is not the next president of the United States could not be more urgent.
TRUMP THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE is a hoax. He makes jokes about sea-level rise creating more oceanfront real estate and how wind turbines kill birds and whales.
Trump is running a pro-climate chaos campaign. To him, a superheated planet is a feature, not a bug. Think about this way: The more chaotic our world becomes, the easier it is for him to stoke fear, build walls, deploy the military, and cosplay the Strong Man.
Harris’s record on climate is strong. She has called climate change “an existential threat.” As California attorney general, she prosecuted oil companies for environmental violations.
A vote for Kamala Harris … is a vote to save ourselves.
possibly, but not for the reasons you’re thinking. Whoever has better diplomacy that can help negotiate peaceful solutions and avoid armed conflict would be the best choice.
I have no idea which one that actually is because one is such a large variable.
What she says and what she does seem to be two very different things. The climate is important but I haven’t seen any great improvements from her that make me think she actually cares.
I would like to see urban planning in the US that makes personal use cars a luxury rather than a necessity. And an inconvenient luxury at that. Make mass transit the fastest option and let people sit in traffic if they so choose. They will eventually choose wisely.
Been shouting it from the rooftops
This title is correct if you subtract ” the planet and”. We’re really just trying to save ourselves. The planet will go without us.
On the other hand Harris “has become a convert to fracking and has been part of an administration that has seen America pump more oil and gas than ever before.”
It’s unfortunate that saving the planet is not the priority of most voters. And many who do believe the risk is clear and present have doubts about the government’s ability to do anything about it.
Just saying. My vote will always be for environmental stewardship before anything else, but (I know) I’m an oddball.
I would agree that Kamala would be better on the subject than Trump, but I also won’t hold my breath.
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What’s at stake in this election is … the stable [climate](https://archive.ph/o/LaBYY/https://www.rollingstone.com/t/climate/) that is the basis for civilized life as we know it. Because your job, your freedom, and your future are all dependent on the kindness and generosity of the Earth’s atmosphere.
What happens on Nov. 5 will go a long way toward determining whether Phoenix will be a habitable city in the years to come, whether [wildfires](https://archive.ph/o/LaBYY/https://www.rollingstone.com/t/wildfires/) will consume the West, whether the ocean will become a dead pool of jellyfish and coastal cities like Miami and Charleston become underwater theme parks.
Maybe you love Kamala. Maybe not. Maybe you’re cynical about politics and think it doesn’t really matter who is president. Maybe you don’t want to vote for her because of the ongoing horrors in Gaza. Or maybe you wish that she didn’t play footsie with frackers and was a fiercer advocate of the promise (and the inevitability) of the clean energy revolution.But we live in the world we have, not the world we wish for. And in this world, the job of making sure Donald Trump is not the next president of the United States could not be more urgent.
TRUMP THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE is a hoax. He makes jokes about sea-level rise creating more oceanfront real estate and how wind turbines kill birds and whales.
Trump is running a pro-climate chaos campaign. To him, a superheated planet is a feature, not a bug. Think about this way: The more chaotic our world becomes, the easier it is for him to stoke fear, build walls, deploy the military, and cosplay the Strong Man.
Harris’s record on climate is strong. She has called climate change “an existential threat.” As California attorney general, she prosecuted oil companies for environmental violations.
“The science is clear,” [she said](https://archive.ph/o/LaBYY/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-vice-president-briefing-climate-resilience-miami-florida). “Extreme weather will only get worse, and the climate crisis will only accelerate.’’
A vote for Kamala Harris … is a vote to save ourselves.
possibly, but not for the reasons you’re thinking. Whoever has better diplomacy that can help negotiate peaceful solutions and avoid armed conflict would be the best choice.
I have no idea which one that actually is because one is such a large variable.
What she says and what she does seem to be two very different things. The climate is important but I haven’t seen any great improvements from her that make me think she actually cares.
I would like to see urban planning in the US that makes personal use cars a luxury rather than a necessity. And an inconvenient luxury at that. Make mass transit the fastest option and let people sit in traffic if they so choose. They will eventually choose wisely.
Been shouting it from the rooftops
This title is correct if you subtract ” the planet and”. We’re really just trying to save ourselves. The planet will go without us.
On the other hand Harris “has become a convert to fracking and has been part of an administration that has seen America pump more oil and gas than ever before.”
[The Trumpification of American policy](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/10/the-trumpification-of-american-policy)
It’s unfortunate that saving the planet is not the priority of most voters. And many who do believe the risk is clear and present have doubts about the government’s ability to do anything about it.
Just saying. My vote will always be for environmental stewardship before anything else, but (I know) I’m an oddball.
I would agree that Kamala would be better on the subject than Trump, but I also won’t hold my breath.
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