The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign

Just weeks before he goes before voters seeking re-election, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott edged away from a long-held stance minimizing climate change.

Curtis founded the Conservative Climate Caucus in 2021 and it has now grown to more than 80 members — all Republican — and five of those people have volunteered to take his place as the shepherd of the cause as he prepares to potentially change jobs and win an election to the U.S. Senate in a seat currently occupied by Sen. Mitt Romney.

The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaigns

Nations will press forward without the United States if they must, according to climate negotiators who gathered in New York last week during the United Nations General Assembly. But the first Trump presidency was a setback in the climate fight, and a repeat would slow things down at a critical point when scientists say efforts need to speed up.

Hurricane Helene has destroyed parts of inland cities in the eastern U.S. Now will climate change be an issue in the presidential campaign?

CBS News moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan pegged their question to Helene and pointed to research showing that climate change makes hurricanes “larger, stronger, and more deadly,” as well as polling showing that 7 in 10 Americans favor taking steps to address climate change.

The issue that is most important to the Davis community is housing. The scarcity and high cost of both ownership and renting in Davis has a pervasive impact on every level of our community and connects to other issues important to Davis voters: climate, open spaces, schools, the unhoused, and more.

They need to accept that the issue is real and to engage in a sustained bipartisan effort to meet the difficult challenge of halting additional global warming.

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