'Bold action is a winning message': climate advocates hail Ed Markey win
by Emily Holden in Washington from on (#57PWT)
Green activists say 74-year-old's primary victory over Joe Kennedy in Massachusetts shows putting the crisis first can succeed
US climate advocates have their highest-profile evidence yet that putting the crisis first can win elections. And it arrived in an unlikely package: a 74-year-old Senate incumbent, who garnered intense grassroots support from young activists.
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