2022 Senate Races
One Candidate for Wisconsin’s Senate Race Wants to Put the State ‘In the Driver’s Seat’ of the Clean Energy Economy. The Other Calls Climate Science ‘Lunacy’
(Editor’s note: This article contains language that may offend some readers.) In Wisconsin, the U.S. Senate candidates’ stance on climate change may be their starkest contrast. Trump-endorsed Republican Sen. Ron Johnson calls climate change “absurd.” Progressive Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes calls for climate action, saying, “the climate crisis is already here.” Barnes was appointed to […]
Read MoreIn Nevada’s Senate Race, Energy Policy Is a Stark Divide Between Cortez Masto and Laxalt
In Nevada’s extremely tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto and GOP challenger Adam Laxalt, energy policy and oil have emerged as attack issues alongside inflation, the economy and abortion. Cortez Masto, the first Latina senator and a climate progressive who supports the development of renewable energy and wants to limit fossil […]
Read MoreIn Georgia, Warnock’s Climate Activism Contrasts Sharply with Walker’s Deep Skepticism
The Rev. Raphael Warnock made climate and environmental justice part of his successful Georgia campaign to win a decisive seat in the U.S. Senate two years ago. He made good on his campaign promises by delivering a major climate vote. Now, environmentally minded voters have an opportunity to reward Warnock, a Democrat, with a full […]
Read MoreIn North Carolina Senate Race, Global Warming Is On The Back Burner. Do Voters Even Care?
With purple North Carolina poised to play a leading role in next month’s midterm elections, the state grapples with dangerous “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a large legacy of toxic coal ash from coal-fired power plants, polluting hog farms and their waste, destruction of forests and an array of vulnerabilities related to climate change. Nevertheless, […]
Read MoreOhio Senate Contest Features Two Candidates Who Profess Love for Natural Gas
COLUMBUS, Ohio—In the race for Ohio’s open U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Tim Ryan, a Democrat, fought off a debate attack by talking about his fondness for natural gas. “In the Inflation Reduction Act, we’re going all in on natural gas,” Ryan said in an Oct. 11 debate in Cleveland. “I’ve been a natural gas proponent […]
Read MoreClimate Change Remains a Partisan Issue in Georgia Elections
This story comes from our partners at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. For more on the news and events in metro-Atlanta and Georgia, visit AJC.com. The next governor of Georgia and the winner of the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate race will face consequential decisions in the years to come over climate change. Though climate change does not rank […]
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