Those at the DNC who opposed the measure felt that a climate debate could limit the candidate in the general election, despite two recent polls which found that around 70 percent of Americans are concerned by the threat of climate change
Photo: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images The Democratic field just cannot have a forum on the possible end of the world without a little controversy: After an early-summer tiff over whether or not to have a one-issue debate on climate change, the Democratic National Committee voted on Thursday, 17 to 8, to block such an event from getting on the primary schedule.
Environmental activists and climate journalists condemned the two-to-one shutdown. “The DNC believes the climate crisis is a grave threat to the future of human civilization, just not a big enough threat to spend 2 hours talking about,” tweeted Kate Aronoff. Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, wrote: “I completely understand the need for Dem Unity in 2020, but boy I wish we could do it without the DNC.
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