On the recordJune 10, 2010
I rise today to express my strong opposition to S.J. Res. 26, which would invalidate the EPA's endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions issued last December. This disapproval resolution is the absolute wrong approach to energy and climate policy in this country. Not only does it fly in the face of the science currently available on this issue, but it also ties our hands at a critical moment when we should be exploring every option available to us for mitigating the potentially disastrous environmental, economic, and national security-related effects of climate change. The scientific evidence currently surrounding our planet's changing climate could not be clearer, or the need to address it more urgent. There is broad consensus in the scientific community that most of the rise in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is due to human activity and that this warming trend could have potentially far-reaching consequences for the environment, agriculture, and public health.
