Day one of the DNC: "none of the major speakers made even a passing reference to climate change or other green issues"; "Nobody’s talking about the environment because it’s political suicide"

Climate and energy get no love on day one of Democratic convention | Grist

Michelle Obama, Julián Castro, Deval Patrick, and other headliners on the convention’s opening night had the audience and the pundits swooning. But none of the major speakers made even a passing reference to climate change or other green issues.
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An environmental lawyer from Oklahoma City told me, “Nobody’s talking about the environment because it’s political suicide. Voters want jobs, and after Solyndra, you just can’t convince voters that cleantech will do anything but lose them.”

I sought the opinion of a hippie-looking woman a few rows down from me, who was carrying her sleeping infant in a sling. “Climate change is my No. 1 issue,” she said, “but I don’t begrudge Obama for burying it right now. It’s the only way he can get reelected.”