Why no one said the c-word in the debates

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Why no one said the c-word in the debates

“I’m disappointed. I was surprised it wasn’t mentioned at all.” Speaking from his hotel room in Washington, D.C., after the third presidential debate last night, Bob Inglis — the former South Carolina Republican representative, and now conservative advocate for climate solutions — said he had truly expected the subject of climate change at last to come up. In this final, foreign-policy focused debate, Inglis thought, a climate-centered exchange between the candidates might have come more naturally than in the U.S. domestic context, where pocketbook issues predominate. “It was a missed opportunity to recognize action on energy and climate,” said Inglis, “which is clearly related to foreign policy.” Inglis is just one of a growing number of scientists, environmentalists, and science policy advocates whose jaws have dropped steadily lower over the past month, as the president...

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@JanieceStaton » 16 Nov '12, 10pm
RT @greenforall: Climate change got no love in the debates. In fact, science on the whole got the cold shoulder. Like, freezing cold. | [link]
@EssentiaChicago » 03 Nov '12, 9pm
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@boykoff » 29 Oct '12, 2pm
If Shawn Otto's right: science seen as 'boutique issue' is gravity then a privileged act? [link] @ChrisMooney_ @science_debate
@boykoff » 28 Oct '12, 6pm
don't (let others) put 'science' (or #baby) in a box! M. DiChristina: the 'c-word' & the US pres debates [link] @ChrisMooney_
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@greenforall » 24 Oct '12, 9pm
Climate change got no love in the debates. In fact, science on the whole got the cold shoulder. Like, freezing cold. | [link]
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Avoiding it makes it easier to not see as a problem RT @grist: Why no one said the c-word in the debates [link]
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Important elections coming up. So why is nobody talking about climate change? [link] #COclimate #COpolitics
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@andersskyrud » 24 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @ellingvag: Savnet du også klimaproblematikk i presidentdebattene? Havforsuring? Ferskvannsmangel? Matmangel? Se her. [link]
@ellingvag » 24 Oct '12, 12pm
Savnet du også klimaproblematikk i presidentdebattene? Havforsuring? Ferskvannsmangel? Matmangel? Se her. [link]
@katolesen » 24 Oct '12, 3am
It’s easy to draw comparisons with Australian politics. RT @grist: Why no one said the c-word in the debates [link]
@pamelahoke » 24 Oct '12, 2am
@AC360 Please Anderson, cover the C-word! [link]
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Can you please discuss the c-word! [link]
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Why #climatechange not part of #debate: “they think science is a boutique issue, like changing to the metric system” [link]
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Why no one said the c-word in the debates: Speaking from his hotel room in Washington, D.C., after the third pre... [link]
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Why no one said the c-word in the debates - Four debates and no mentions of climate change. Have we moved backwards ... [link]
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