Chal­lengers for Rom­ney seat heat up Sen­ate race over cli­mate change

The two can­di­dates vying to replace out­go­ing Sen. Mitt Rom­ney (R‑UT) have made approach­es to envi­ron­men­tal issues major focus­es of their Utah Sen­ate bat­tle.
Ahead of November’s gen­er­al elec­tion, Rep. John Cur­tis (R‑UT) and left­ist activist Car­o­line Gle­ich are forc­ing cli­mate groups to take sides on a tra­di­tion­al­ly Demo­c­ra­t­ic issue. 
Cur­tis is the founder and for­mer chair­man of the House Con­ser­v­a­tive Cli­mate Cau­cus. The Utah Repub­li­can received near­ly $3 mil­lion from polit­i­cal action com­mit­tees bankrolled by cli­mate-focused groups and indi­vid­u­als dur­ing his pri­ma­ry cam­paign, accord­ing to a report from the Deseret News.
The Repub­li­can nom­i­nee to replace Rom­ney even enjoys the sup­port of EDF Action, the …