Boucher,
Dingell Release Climate Change Discussion Draft
Washington,
DC - Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA), Chairman
of the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, and John D. Dingell (D-MI),
Chairman of the full Committee, today released a discussion draft of
climate change legislation that establishes an economy-wide program to cap
greenhouse gases and reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
The draft is
the culmination of nearly two years of intensive work on climate change
including 27 hearings, four white papers, numerous workshops and input from
scores of industry and
environmental groups, non-governmental organizations and labor unions.
"The draft marks
an important step in our ongoing efforts to address this increasingly serious
problem,"
said Boucher and Dingell. "This puts us one
step closer to our goal of crafting a bill that can be enacted quickly in the
next Congress."
The
discussion draft, memo, and executive summary are posted on the Committee's
website at http://energycommerce.house.gov.
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