Ed Markey: “my amendment is very simple. It would require that before the Keystone XL Pipeline is deemed approved, we should…”

“my amendment is very simple. It would require that before the Keystone XL Pipeline is deemed approved, we should determine whether carbon pollution, including the carbon pollution from tar sands oil production, will contribute to an increase in more extreme weather events. We should know if carbon pollution is going to put another climate change card in a deck that is already stacked for more extreme rainfall and snowfall and for more dangerously hot summer days. Since 2010 there have been 49 weather and climate disasters in our country that caused at least $1 billion in damages across the United States. We should not be making energy policy decisions that increase the risk of costly, extreme weather events. I urge an ``aye'' vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.”