"Urgent action by the United States in response to global warming is long past due. As the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, I urge the Senate to take up climate change legislation at the earliest possible moment." -- The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
After considerable negotiation, the Senate will consider new climate change legislation the week of June 2. Senators Boxer (D-CA), Lieberman (I-CT) and Warner (R-VA) have worked feverishly for several months to improve America’s Climate Security Act, S. 2191. The next step will be hard debate when the new legislation goes to the Senate Floor.
America's Climate Security Act was a critical first step towards addressing global climate change. The Senate will now consider similar legislation that, if left intact, will
- Reduce our nation’s own greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change and exacerbate the effects of global poverty
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