The take - home messages are that
global warming legislation needs to cap CO2 emissions from power plants and include strong efficiency standards for building shells and the appliances and heating and cooling equipment inside them.
Not exact matches
With the U.S. Congress set to take up climate change
legislation next week, Obama Administration officials today joined with leading climate scientists to emphasize that
global warming is real, it's going to get worse, and that action is
needed sooner rather than later.
While the Democratic leadership of the waning 111th Congress failed to get
legislation passed into law to address climate change, the House
global warming committee, led by Rep. Ed Markey (D - MA), convened dozens of important hearings and briefings featuring top climate scientists and national security experts to educate Congress and the public about the
need for swift action to secure America's energy independence, create clean energy jobs and mitigate climate change emissions.
Federal and state
legislation on
global warming preparedness and disclosure will help firefighters, paramedics and police officers get the information they
need to prepare for natural disasters.