Environment

I agree, resources are needed for protection of areas.

I look forward to discussing ways we can take this model and expand it across the nation to support healthier forests and tribal economies.

None, zero. It didn't reduce emissions at all.

Yet, as we heard earlier in your testimony today, many modern coal mines are going un-reclaimed.

An increasing amount of evidence shows that wood has beneficial effects in almost all parts of the indoor climate.

We will provide incentives for consumers to purchase electric vehicles and support American manufacturing of these vehicles.

Climate change is no longer a crisis on the horizon, it is an existential threat that will displace populations, imperil economies, fuel conflict, and forever change our planet.

Deforestation has surged to record highs as the Government has rolled back environmental protection mechanisms.

Yes, we are going to use gas for some period of time.

I do believe we have to have formal acceptance of the concept of climate refugees. Yes, I do.

Of course, Rhode Island is the offshore wind capital of America.

China produces more emissions than all the rest of the OECD countries put together.

The Bolsonaro regime has rolled back some of the environmental enforcement.

They believe this is a climate crisis now.

Climate is existential for everybody on the planet. We have to deal with it.

We all know climate change is not free, it is not going to pay for itself.

The United States is contributing a declining share of global annual emissions.

I look forward to answering your questions and having, hopefully, a really good dialog on the subject of the climate crisis that we all face.