The upcoming election isn`t just about the next four years, but the next 10,000
(WorldNews Environment)

It is a clich&eaigu; at this point to describe an election as `the most important of our lifetimes.` Every election is key—they`re how we take stock of where we are as a nation. They`re part of a chain stretching into the past and into the future. But if you wanted to make the argument—and I do—that this year actually is special, the climate crisis might be as good a place as any to start. And that`s because it comes with a feature that most political issues don`t: a deadline. In October 2018, the world`s climate scientists issued a special report, assessing our chances of meeting the targets set at the global climate talks in Paris a few years before. Those targets were modest—they called for...