The Earth is sizzling, but climate isn’t a hot topic for Democrats in this year’s campaigns0

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• August 29, 2026

BOSTON — BOSTON (AP) — Climate change has been the backdrop to Charles Hughes’ entire life, from kindergarten lessons about disappearing habitats to wildfire smoke billowing through the air he breathed while growing up in Colorado. But now that he’s a college student in Massachusetts, he said global warming is rarely a top issue. “Honestly,