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July 14, 2020
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing on the climate action report released by the majority staff of the House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30. The full title of the report is: Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and Healthy, Resilient, and Just America.
The Climate Crisis Committee, chaired by Rep. Kathy Castor (Fla.-14), was established at the beginning of the 116th Congress in 2019 to provide a comprehensive framework for future climate legislation. The Committee held 17 hearings on a wide variety of climate change issues and received hundreds of suggestions from stakeholders, including EESI, and the public to inform the report’s recommendations.
This briefing focused on four core areas of climate policy: climate mitigation, climate adaptation, environmental justice, and public health. Through presentations and a Q&A session, panelists unpacked the key elements of the 538-page report and highlighted next steps for congressional action to address the climate crisis.
Daniel Bresette, Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
Michele Roberts, National Co-Coordinator, Environmental Justice and Health Alliance for Chemical Policy Reform
Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
Dr. Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director, Climate and Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Jessie Ritter, Director, Water Resources and Coastal Policy, National Wildlife Federation
Q&A
What should the next steps in this report’s life be?
What are your perspectives on implementing a price on carbon?
Where does the staff report fit into a landscape populated with many other proposals, for example, the Green New Deal?
What are your final takeaways from the report?
Highlights compiled by Abby Neal
Report: climatecrisis.house.gov/report
EESI Recommendations to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis