Democrats' Debates Just As Bad - Not One Question On Climate, Environment, CPP During PBS Debate

When it comes to climate change and energy issues, both Democratic and Republican primary debates ignore them, even now, as a matter of routine.

This was bizarrely true again Thursday night after the PBS/Facebook-sponsored debate in Madison, Wisconsin between Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This week, the Supreme Court surprisingly dealt what could be a significant blow to a speedy national response to climate change when it held up the Obama administration’s centerpiece in its plan to cut carbon pollution and transition to a renewable energy, the Clean Power Plan.

The repercussions of the Supreme Court’s decision will likely stretch beyond Obama’s term and pose one of the first challenges for the new president. Yet neither Gwen Ifill nor Judy Woodruff, the night’s moderators, asked the candidates about the Clean Power Plan, nor anything broader about the energy or environment.

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Though 25 states, cities, and counties initially filed a motion on behalf of the rule, and most Americans support the plan, industry lawyers and state attorneys general critical of the plan immediately sued to throw out the rule — and importantly to stay its implementation in the interim. It worked. The Supreme Court issued a stay, halting implementation of the rule and sending the action back to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which will hear the actual case as soon as June of this year. This leaves the Supreme Court the opportunity to agree with the lower court or consent to hear the case, potentially drawing out the process well past President Obama’s last day in office.

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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/02/12/3748655/pbs-debate-ignore-scotus-stay/