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.
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This concurrent 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 the departments and agencies of the executive branch with delegated authority over energy and climate policy 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 just happenedApr 22, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2180-2181)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateApr 22, 2021
- Apr 22, 2021IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text: CR S2180-2181)
Environment and Public Works Committee - Apr 22, 2021IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate