Previously, the media blamed the wildfires, which have forced numerous evacuations across the nation, on so-called "climate change," which has replaced the "global cooling" narrative prevalent just a few decades ago.
The local government in Maui has sued the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) this week after claiming the business caused the deadly wildfire earlier this month.
While Fox pushed the candidates to affirm the claim that humans are causing significant global warming, some of the candidates held that the narrative is flawed.
One of the stipulations for program eligibility, as found in the online application, states candidates should "identify as black, Latino, Hispanic, Asian, or Pacific Islander."