Climate Change (generally)
S. 2838
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Finance
Sponsor Name
Markey
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mass.
Issue
11
Volume
53
Update Issue
27
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S4589

would amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to establish a Civilian Climate Corps to help communities respond to climate change and transition to a clean economy.

H.R. 5160
Update Type
Sponsor Name
Sorensen
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Ill.
Issue
10
Volume
53
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H4165

would require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research relating to measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration.

H.R. 4953
Update Type
Committee Name
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Science, Space, and Technology
Sponsor Name
Bonamici
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Or.
Issue
9
Volume
53
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H4136

would reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within NOAA and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response; requiring a study; and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects.

S. 2645
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Markey
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Mass.
Issue
9
Volume
53
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3755

would reduce the health risks of heat by establishing the National Integrated Heat Health Information System within NOAA and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System Interagency Committee to improve extreme heat preparedness, planning, and response; requiring a study; and establishing financial assistance programs to address heat effects.

S. 2564
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Sponsor Name
Carper
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Del.
Issue
9
Volume
53
Update Issue
22
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S3753

would amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to address emissions of certain greenhouse gases and carbon storage through conservation incentive contracts.

Making Net Zero Matter
Author
Albert C. Lin
Author Bios (long)

Albert C. Lin is a Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at University of California, Davis School of Law.

Date
August 2023
Volume
53
Issue
8
Page
10669
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

This abstract is adapted from Albert C. Lin, Making Net Zero Matter, 79 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 679 (2022), and used with permission.