Jamie Raskin on the climate crisis: ‘We’ve got to save democracy in order to save our species’
Posted on AllSides April 18th, 2022
From The Left
Progressive congressman from Maryland believes that no other crisis, even the existential threat of the changing climate, can be solved without first protecting the fabric of American democracy
When it comes to fighting for democracy and climate change – two of Jamie Raskin’s top priorities – the whole thing feels a bit like a game of chicken and egg to the Democratic congressman.
On the one hand there is the planet, heating up quickly past the limit that is safe and necessary for human survival, while Congress stalls on a...