Alan Lowenthal: “Last week in the Natural Resources Committee one of my esteemed colleagues from across the aisle claimed that the…”

“Last week in the Natural Resources Committee one of my esteemed colleagues from across the aisle claimed that the scientific evidence regarding human contributions to climate change was inconclusive. Well, Stanford researcher, Dr. James Powell, a geochemist, and a 12- year member of the non-partisan National Science Board, recently completed an update to his survey of peer-reviewed literature on climate change. As it points out, in the year 2013, there were 10,885 peer-reviewed articles and only two rejected human contributions towards climate change. That is less than two hundredths of 1 percent. Madam Speaker, this is not disagreement. This is not a divided scientific community, case closed. Congress must stop denying the science and take action. Future generations are depending upon us. ____________________”