Democratic lawmakers, including six presidential candidates, on Tuesday unveiled a Congressional resolution declaring a climate change emergency to spur “sweeping reforms” to stem a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
It responds to a projection by the United Nations Integovernmental Panel on Climate that the earth could warm 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in less than 12 years, causing “irreversible, catastrophic changes” to the planet.“To address the climate crisis, we must tell the truth about the nature of this threat,” said Blumenauer.
Sanders, as well as Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gilibrand, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren also back the emergency declaration. In May, Britain’s parliament declared a symbolic climate change emergency, backing a call by opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for “rapid and dramatic action” to protect the environment after nearly weeks of protests by the Extinction Rebellion climate movement.Over 740 local governments in 16 countries have also declared a climate emergency, according to the Climate Mobilization group.
Finally. Republicans will block it.
I will believe it when their actions reflect their words. So far every politician who has made this claim is sorely lacking in that regard.
great and in another 30 years they will actually do something about it.
Like Canada, who declared an climate emergency has done nothing about it shows the hypocrisy of this whole climate emergency bullshit that governments are perpetrating just to get the MSM to play along with a bad PR game.