Harris Skips Over Climate Change Even as Party Touts Green Wins

Among the Democrats touting the party’s record confronting climate change at their Chicago convention, there was a major exception: Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris and other prime-time speakers, including running mate Tim Walz, largely shied away from highlighting green accomplishments made by the current White House — even the hundreds of thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions in planned projects tied to those policies.

Kamala Harris on Aug. 22.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

The importance of taming global warming registered only as a passing reference as Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night.

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