If Ed Markey and Maura Healey are doing it, you know it’s a trend (or whatever), i.e. Democrats downplaying climate change on the campaign trail, something that Matthew Huber (NYT) advises Dems to do in these affordability times. The Globe’s Sam Brodey has more on the magical disappearance of Markey’s Green New Deal. Meanwhile, Commonwealth Beacon’s Jordan Wolfman reports on Healey’s shift to the center on climate change/energy issues. … Re Huber’s Times piece: Gotta love his reference to the “Brahmin Left,” via the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

Ah, what the heck. Might as well throw in Shirley Leung and Jon Chesto’s piece on business groups backing Seth Moulton. They’re concerned about the state’s sagging life-science sector. … Sudden passing thought: Is Markey partly reacting to Moulton’s unenrolled voter strategy?