When moderators let
an entire debate go by without a single mention of the climate crisis, you sprang into action.
You inundated the
next debate’s moderators with calls for action — and your own suggested questions — and you were heard. Rachel Maddow specifically said she was asking a climate question because of the overwhelming input from viewers.
But you didn’t give up there. You sent the next debate’s moderators thousands of demands for a climate question as well — and we got 13 minutes of one of the most substantial conversations of the climate crisis that we’ve seen in this presidential cycle. By the most recent debate, candidates were repeatedly bringing up the issue themselves.
Since you started demanding climate questions, not a single debate has passed without a climate conversation. Let's keep up the momentum: Demand that ABC and WMUR-TV ask the presidential primary candidates comprehensive climate questions this Friday!
The single best way to make sure the moderators hear you is to edit the message we provided to include your own question.
If you’re struggling to think of one, we’ve got some suggestions:
- How do you plan to address the fact that the climate crisis disproportionately affects low-income communities and people of color?
- We know we can’t avoid all of the effects of the climate crisis. What steps will you take to ensure America is resilient enough to weather what we can’t ward off?
- What steps will you take to ensure we’re not putting any more pollution into the atmosphere than we can remove by 2050 at the latest — a deadline we need to hit in order to avoid a climate catastrophe?
Let’s get even louder — and make sure the moderators get the message.
Take action today, and help us send them 20,000 demands that they ask the climate question!
Thank you for standing with us,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Manager
