![In April, Obama said he expected climate change to be an issue in the presidential campaign [REUTERS]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121031142057556734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Global warming has seldom been mentioned this year on the campaign trail, despite Obama’s promise to the contrary.
![Scientists' warnings have been by and large ignored - at least within the corridors of power in Washington, DC [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012103012583408734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The challenge of climate change is no longer a technical one, if it ever was – it has always been primarily political.
![The conventional wisdom, apparently shared until recently by Obama and his political advisers, has assumed that talking about climate change turns voters off: "it's too dark, too controversial, too complicated" [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/2010121045625328621_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Aside from his acceptance speech and three briefer mentions, “Obama has not brought up climate change publicly in 2012”.
![Paul Ryan accused Obama of closing an auto plant in Janesville, when in fact it closed before his inauguration [GETTY]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/20129194625934734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Will the media have enough mettle to call out Paul Ryan on his campaign of blatant lies?
![The US is suffering the worst drought in 50 years, leading the US to declare 1,000 counties natural disaster zones [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/20128894722794734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Summer 2012 has broken thousands of records in the US, bringing misery and suffering to millions.
![Former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger began the 'Million Solar Roofs' program [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/201252814101920734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Many innovations in the fight against climate change have come out of this nature-friendly state.
![As long as coal plants are still being built, it doesn't matter how many wind farms there are, argues author [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/201252615156129734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
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