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Hearing Explores Resilience to Climate-Related Natural Disasters

by Randy Showstack 22 November 201915 October 2021

Experts call for more tools to help communities mitigate and adapt to climate change to curb the impacts and costs of natural disasters.

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Scientific Integrity Act Passes House Committee

by Randy Showstack 18 October 201927 March 2023

Legislation would require federal science agencies to adopt and enforce strong scientific integrity policies.

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Members of Congress Look for Common Ground on Climate Change

by Randy Showstack 20 September 20193 April 2023

Republican Francis Rooney and Democrat Paul Tonko hope that Congress can move forward to address climate change.

A small group of people speak at a podium in front of the Capitol with the banner “Protect the Arctic Refuge.”
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House Passes Measure to Protect Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

by Randy Showstack 12 September 201927 March 2023

The measure, which would repeal an oil and gas development program in the refuge, now needs to pass the Senate, where there is stiff opposition.

: Frank Luntz, Kiera O’Brien, and Nick Huey, founder of the Climate Campaign, appear before the Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis at a 25 July hearing.
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Senate Dems Seek Guidance on Climate Messaging from Republicans

by Randy Showstack 26 July 20193 April 2023

The Senate Democrats’ Special Committee on the Climate Crisis gets advice on how to better communicate about climate change with conservatives.

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House Committee Calls for Zero Greenhouse Gas Pollution by 2050

by Randy Showstack 24 July 20193 April 2023

Democrats on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce plan to introduce comprehensive legislation later this year to deal with climate change.

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Hearing Garners Bipartisan Support for Scientific Integrity

by Randy Showstack 19 July 20193 April 2023

Democrats hope Republicans will decide to cosponsor legislation to codify scientific integrity procedures at federal agencies.

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House Science Chair Questions Plan to Reduce Advisory Committees

by Randy Showstack 16 July 20193 April 2023

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson calls on science agencies to provide information about their strategy for implementing the executive order eliminating one third of federal advisory committees.

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Legislators Introduce Climate Emergency Resolution

by Randy Showstack 10 July 20194 April 2023

The resolution, which legislators hope the House of Representatives will approve, calls for a massive mobilization to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of climate change.

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Climate Solutions Caucus Provides Bipartisan Forum

by Randy Showstack 2 July 20194 April 2023

The House caucus offers an opportunity for Republicans and Democrats to seek common ground on climate change solutions.

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