would direct the Comptroller General of the United States, in coordination with the National Academy of Sciences, to study alternatives for a nonpartisan congressional office or agency to project the net greenhouse gas emissions likely to be caused by federal legislation.
would amend Chapter 3 of Title 5, U.S. Code, to require federal agencies to submit plans for responding to, mitigating, and adapting to climate change.
David M. Uhlmann is the Jeffrey F. Liss Professor From Practice and Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan Law School.
Date
October 2020
Volume
50
Issue
10
Page
10800
Type
Comment(s)
Summary
With a contentious presidential election looming amidst a pandemic, economic worries, and historic protests against systemic racism, climate action may seem less pressing than other challenges. Nothing could be further from the truth. To prevent greater public health threats and economic dislocation from climate disruption, which will disproportionately harm Black Americans, people of color, and indigenous people, this Comment argues that we need to restore the bipartisanship that fueled the environmental movement and that the fate of the planet—and our children and grandchildren—depends upon our collective action.
would recognize that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, express the sense of Congress that renewed leadership by the United States is needed to address the climate crisis, and recognize 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.
would recognize that the climate crisis is disproportionately affecting the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children; recognize the importance of renewed leadership by the United States in addressing the climate crisis, and recognize 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 towards stabilizing the climate system.
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the carbon capture credit to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the carbon oxide sequestration tax credit.