{"id":244,"date":"2007-10-10T13:43:43","date_gmt":"2007-10-10T17:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/10\/10\/house_leaders\/"},"modified":"2008-04-22T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T17:26:38","slug":"house_leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2007\/10\/10\/house_leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"House Leaders Make Global Warming Action a Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>This post is by <a href=\"http:\/\/environmentaldefense.org\/page.cfm?tagID=890\">Carol Andress<\/a>, Economic Development Specialist at Environmental Defense.<\/i><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Climate Vote 2007<\/h3>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.environmentaldefense.org\/content_Images\/capsunset_80x80.jpg\">Part of a series on the work of the Environmental Defense Action Fund to enact an effective climate law. <a href=\"http:\/\/action.environmentaldefense.org\/campaign\/climatevote07\">You can help by writing to Congress<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unlike the Senate, which has voted twice on legislation to cap and reduce America&#8217;s global warming pollution, the House has never brought a global warming bill to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>So, when the incoming Speaker of the new Congress, Representative Nancy Pelosi, pledged to make global warming a top legislative priority in January, the House, as a legislative body, was starting from scratch.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Speaker Pelosi moved quickly to establish a special committee to explore policy options and get the ball rolling. She said at the time, &#8220;The science of global warming and its impact is overwhelming and unequivocal\u2026 Now is time to act. The future of our country, indeed our entire planet, is at stake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, John Dingell (D-MI), a one-time arch foe of global warming action, declared himself converted by the science and began talking of the need for a comprehensive solution to cap and reduce America&#8217;s emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Another unlikely ally on the Energy and Commerce Committee, Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA), who represents a coal mining district in southwestern Virginia and chairs the House Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, began working with Congressman Dingell. Together, they have held more than a dozen committee hearings since January, and have promised to draft national legislation this year.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, the House passed energy legislation that makes a &#8220;down payment&#8221; on global warming by slowing the growth of global warming pollution and promoting new fuel efficiency and renewable energy programs.<\/p>\n<p>We applaud these efforts. But, it&#8217;s vital that Congress squarely tackle global warming by capping and reducing America&#8217;s emissions. Only by capping emissions &#8211; making it illegal to emit greenhouse gases without a permit &#8211; can we guarantee that we reduce emissions to levels that the science indicates we need to avoid potentially catastrophic and irreversible climate change.<\/p>\n<p>From a legislative standpoint, the House has gone from zero to sixty in no time. But, they still have work to do. We&#8217;re doing everything we can to help Reps. 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