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SCONRES 13 118th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

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

Introduced: July 13, 2023 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 S2466-2468)
Jul 13, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This concurrent resolution calls for 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 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 July 13, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2466-2468)

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