A Philadelphia business professor is running for U.S. Senate to fight climate change.
Eric Orts, a newcomer to politics who has taught for 30 years at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, will focus his Democratic primary campaign on the climate crisis. He says he’s running to win but also hopes his candidacy makes the issue more central in the race.
“We’re in a climate emergency,” Orts, 61, said in an interview after launching his campaign Thursday. “We have a second season of wildfires in the Northwest. … In Pennsylvania we set [heat] records in June. A lot of people have known scientifically this is a problem, and a lot of people are just ignoring it. The politicians are saying they’ll do something, but they never do something.”
In his announcement, Orts called on President Joe Biden to declare a state of national emergency.
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