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SCONRES 47 116th Congress Senate Environmental Protection Air quality Child health Child safety and welfare Climate change and greenhouse gases Economic performance and conditions Environmental health Protest and dissent

A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognizing the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, and science-based climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.

Introduced: September 23, 2020 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838)
Sep 23, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution calls for renewed U.S. leadership in addressing the climate crisis that is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children. It also recognizes the need for relevant federal departments and agencies to prepare a climate recovery plan that puts the United States on a trajectory consistent with reducing global atmospheric carbon dioxide to below 350 parts per million by the year 2100.

What's happening now September 23, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S5837-5838)

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