Alan Lowenthal: “My home state of California could easily have to pay--and I am going to state this clearly--over a trillion dollars for…”

It is a good piece of legislation. I am proud to be co-sponsoring it.

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.

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