That contrast that has come to define the U.S. political debate around energy and climate in recent years, and voters will face it yet again as they prepare to head to the polls .

A pump jack drills oil crude from the Yates Oilfield in West Texas’s Permian Basin, as a 1.5MW GE wind turbine from the Desert Sky Wind Farm is seen in the distance, near Iraan, Texas, U.S., Mar.17, 2023.
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