U.S. House select committee on the climate releases global warming plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has released an extensive plan to help curb global warming, with an ambitious goal of reducing human-caused greenhouse gas net emissions to zero by 2050, beyond which the U.S. would become a net absorber of CO2 from the atmosphere.
The plan, “Solving the Climate Crisis,” details how Congress could support numerous strategies for containing climate change:
- Maximize the use of public lands for climate mitigation and resilience;
- Shift private capital assets toward climate-smart investments;
- Increase agricultural carbon sequestration; increase efficiency of buildings, appliances and industry, and
- Set and maintain robust environmental review, requirements and restoration; and strengthen climate science.
