What's New
More than 100 members of Congress have already cosponsored the Safe
Climate Act, a science-based bill to dramatically reduce U.S. global
warming pollution. Introduced by Congressman Henry Waxman,
the bill requires the U.S.
to reduce its global warming pollution by about 15 percent by 2020 and
by 80 percent
by 2050. To achieve these targets, the bill calls for improved energy
efficiency and a greater reliance on clean, renewable energy sources.
At
the same time that we are working to pass strong global warming
reduction legislation in the House of Representatives, wwould prevent
the worst effects of global warming by
setting science-based limits to reduce global warming pollution by at
least 15-20% by 2020 and 80% by 2050e are also working to pass similar
legislation in the United States Senate. The Global Warming Polliution
Reduction Act, introduced by Senator Barbara Boxer,
How You Can Help
Sign our petition urging your Representative in Congress to cosponsor the Safe Climate Act, legislation that will
reduce global warming pollution nationwide to levels necessary to
prevent the worst impacts of global warming.
Sign our petition
urging Senator Levin and Senator Stabenow to cosponsor the Global
Warming Reduction Act, legislation that will reduce global warming
pollution nationwide to levels necessary to prevent the worst impacts
of global warming.
Brief Summary
Safe Climate Act and the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act
Global
warming is the greatest environmental challenge of our time. Sea levels are on the rise, ice and snow
cover are decreasing, and storms are becoming more powerful. Leading
scientists, such as James Hansen of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
caution that we are nearing a climate “tipping point,” beyond which
large-scale, dangerous
impacts would become unavoidable. The Safe Climate Act and the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act aims to keep emissions
of the pollutants that cause global warming below this threshold and protect
future generations from dangerous global warming.
