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URGENT EMERGENCY: Progressive lawmakers are pushing a resolution to declare a climate emergency in the U.S., demanding
"a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address"
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Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders lead push to declare climate emergency
Progressive lawmakers are pushing a resolution to declare a climate emergency in the U.S., demanding "a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address" climate...
The Hill 2019-07-09
Lawmakers ask for investigation into aging offshore pipelines
Three Democratic lawmakers are raising concerns about the state of coastal U.S. oil and gas pipelines. Reps. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Alan LowenthalAlan Stuart...
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez pressure Congress to declare climate change a national emergency
(CNN)Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont teamed up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Oregon's Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Tuesday to unveil a new resolution that...
CNN 2019-07-09
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are teaming up on a measure that would designate climate change as an emergency,...
San Francisco Chronicle 2019-07-09
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Climate Emergency Declaration
After Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday introduced a resolution declaring the climate crisis a national emergency, grassroots environmental groups pressured members of Congress to back the declaration and heed its call for transformative action. "Instead of remaining complicit in worsening the effects of climate change, members of Congress in both...
Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Climate Change: "Congress Needs to Understand This Is an Emergency and ...
by Erik Henriksen Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer Chip Somodevilla / Getty On Tuesday, Oregon Representative Earl Blumenauer, along with New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, discussed plans to introduce a resolution to Congress that would declare a climate emergency in the United States—urging lawmakers to, as Blumenaer...
Portland Mercury
U.S. Democratic lawmakers declare climate emergency
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic lawmakers, including six presidential candidates, on Tuesday unveiled a Congressional resolution declaring a climate change emergency to spur "sweeping reforms" to stem a dangerous rise in global temperatures. The non-binding resolution, introduced by Democratic Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Earl Blumenauer...
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez team up on climate change resolution
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders is teaming up with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on a resolution calling for "massive" federal government action to reverse climate change. The Vermont senator, who's running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is seeking to shore up his progressive base as other candidates such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Kamala...
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer joins with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders to push for emergency climate declaration
Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer is joining with two powerful progressive lawmakers to push for an emergency declaration to address the ongoing global climate crisis. The resolution, drafted by Blumenauer and co-sponsored by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), is intended to focus attention on the quickening pace of climate change and spur action on...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders want the U.S. to declare a climate emergency
To date, 744 local governments and 16 countries have declared a climate emergency to spur action in the face of the crisis. advertisement advertisement Today, a coalition of lawmakers in the U.S., led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Representative Earl Blumenauer, are introducing a resolution in the House and the Senate that would add the...