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- Ahead of Climate Week NYC, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joins Inside Climate host Jake Bolster to discuss why so many Democrats are leaning away from climate messaging.
- The episode, titled 'A Wake-Up Call on Climate, Costs and Corruption,' implicates ongoing fossil fuel industry influence as the backdrop to that retreat.
Why it matters: The episode drops ahead of Climate Week NYC, giving Whitehouse's critique of fossil fuel corruption visibility precisely as Democrats lean away from climate messaging. The timing puts the senator's call for accountability at the center of the party's strategic debate at one of the year's marquee climate moments.
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