President Obama warned that democracy is on the ballot this year, but there’s even more at stake — Americans could also be voting to protect the future of our entire planet. Climate change is the biggest story in science policy, and this year we’re faced with a stark choice. On one hand, in Hillary Clinton, we have someone who considers climate change an “urgent threat” and wants to invest in clean energy.

And then there’s Donald Trump, who called climate change a “hoax” and said that he would “cancel” the Paris climate accord. Trump also said he would eliminate the Department of Environmental, which in fact doesn’t exist. (We do have the Environmental Protection Agency, however, and its job is to protect the environment.) So tomorrow,…

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