Ed Laselle News Today

Candidates are downplaying climate and environmental issues in the 2022 midterm races as voters focus on inflation and abortion.

Climate and environmental issues, which typically appeal more to the progressive wing of the Democratic electorate, have been downplayed this year compared to the last two national elections as Democrats are in a more defensive position.

I a crucial U.S. Senate campaign, the candidates are barely mentioning the disappearing water levels and the drought that’s causing it.

Despite the urgency of the global climate emergency, the issue is getting little attention in the 2022 midterm elections

Lake Mead and nearby Lake Powell, which send water to 40 million people in the Southwest, are at their lowest levels since they were filled in the 1930s as part of the Hoover Dam’s construction on the Colorado River.