Alan Lowenthal: “The exclusion of the Pacific coast is consistent with the long-standing interest of Pacific Coast States...”

Our public lands and oceans can and must be a solution to climate change.

We have subsidized the fossil fuel industry for decades upon decades in this country on our public lands...

To stave off the worst impacts of climate change, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by at least half by 2030.

We must achieve 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035, and the entire U.S. economy needs to reach net-zero emissions by midcentury.