Alan Lowenthal: “I want to thank you for pushing the pause button on Federal coal leasing while you take a long-needed review of the…”

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

I want to join my colleagues in urging you to consider implementing the GAO recommendation to consider a negotiated rulemaking.

I personally remain cautiously optimistic, but I also still believe that transitioning away from fossil fuel is the most effective strategy for saving the planet for our children and for our grandchildren.

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.