Senate Democrats who are part-time members of the Climate Change Task Force call for a multistep strategy to achieve Energy Independence by switching to renewable energy within the next 500 Days.
Tuesday’s meeting of the task force saw Sen. Ed Markey
Ed MarkeyEnergy & Climate Biden seeks nearly billion in funding boost for EPA. Environmental organizations announce ‘Green New Deal promise’ for 2022 candidates. Why you shouldn’t expect profit margins will fall when prices go up MORE (D-Mass.) (D-Mass.) He described a series of reforms that would allow him to achieve his goal without increasing our dependence on fossil fuels.
The group has asked lawmakers to codify permanently President Biden
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It also is pushing for the passage of another Markey-sponsored bill, The Strategic Reserve, Appliance and Vehicle and Energy Efficiency For Consumers Act. This bill is cosponsored by Sen. Martin Heinrich
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The task force also calls for the creation of a Civilian Climate Corps as one of the major environmental components of the comprehensive Build Back Better Act. Sen. Joe Manchin
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Heinrich and Sens were also present at the task-force meeting with Markey. Tina Smith
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Freedom is the key to energy independence. It is about freedom from volatile globalized oil commodities and pollution, especially in Black, Brown, Indigenous communities that bear the highest pollution burden, Markey stated at the group’s meeting.
A strategy for energy independence that does not fund wars but protects our health, our wallets, and our health is energy freedom is the best strategy. He added that this is the only acceptable strategy for American energy,
Republicans and oil industry leaders have used spiralling gas prices in the Ukraine crisis to encourage increased exploration of fossil fuels in the U.S. However, environmentalists and progressive figures have stated that domestic drilling will not solve the inherent volatility of oil markets and instead illustrates the need to accelerate the transition to renewables.
