A CLIMACTIC CHANGE
N JULY, A PAIR OF SENATORS GATHERED reporters in the U.S. Capitol to deliver a message to President Joe Biden: it’s time to declare a climate emergency. It was, to be sure, something of a Hail Mary. The prospects of major climate legislation had dimmed, and the two Democrats were desperate, worried it could be years before Congress tackled climate change in a meaningful way. “Am I concerned that it will be a decade before we have a climate majority?” said Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon, alongside Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
