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LOS ANGELES—The sixth Democratic presidential debate started as a rerun of previous debates, featuring discussions of impeachment and the economy without any of the candidates disagreeing in any fundamental way. But it did mark one major departure from every preceding debate this cycle: featuring the first substantive exchange about the dangers raised by climate change within the first half-hour of the event.

Climate change is, like impeachment and the economy, an issue where there is generally little daylight between the seven candidates onstage, but the subject rarely gets primetime placement in political debates, much less for a prolonged exchange.

“The issue now is whether we save the planet for our children and our grandchildren,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), calling for the country to declare a national climate emergency. “An American president—i.e., Bernie Sanders—can lead the world.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.