It's the Brian Laire Show on WNYC.

Good morning again everyone.

Now our Climate Story of the Week,

which we're doing every Tuesday on the show

all this year.

Ahead of the elections, you would have thought

the Democrats were in poll position to boast about at least one big

achievement on climate, the passage of the largest climate bill in US history, the one called

the Inflation Reduction Act. but in recent stump speeches and even at

the Democratic Convention that hasn't materialized all that much instead there was

little significant mention of climate at the DNC.

With us now, Maxine Jocello, Washington Post reporter,

focusing on climate change and the environment.

She has a recent piece in the post, did you see it, why Democrats are. the about the Sunrise Movement, the Climate Action Group, the headline for that one, is they're knocking on doors

for Harris, but they still won't endorse her.

Maxine, welcome back to WNYC,

glad to have you with us.

Thank you for having me again, and thank you for devoting a segment to climate change.

So let's establish the premise first.

How quiet does your reporting indicate that the Democrats are being on climate?

So you mentioned this piece I had published last week that was prior to Vice President Kamla Harris actually delivering her

acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on

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