It’s connected to the codependent entrancement by which many Democrats continue to allow the party to be hollowed out of its moral authority - not only on this but on other issues as well. Biden calls himself the climate President because of healthy green investments in the Inflation Reduction Act, but he has given more oil drilling permits than even Trump did plus he okayed the Willow project. Those two things together completely nullify the benefits of the IRA investments. The Democratic Party should be the conduit for the sense of urgency Kalmus says is lacking. But they don’t have to be because too few hold them accountable. Major environmental voices continue to go along, to accept the betrayal of the climate movement with nothing stronger than whining on twitter when in fact there is a candidate arguing everything they say they wish for. Some groups have even endorsed him. The silent conspirators are everywhere.