With Democrats taking charge of the House, addressing climate change becomes top priority again
WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill Democrats who soon will be running the House are prioritizing climate change nearly a decade after their attempts to slow global warming helped whisk them out of power.
Party leaders are vowing to hold hearings on President Donald Trump's aggressive efforts to undo Obama-era climate rules and already are demanding internal documents on administration decisions to scale back restrictions on fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.
In addition, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who is vying to regain her role as House speaker, said she planned to revive a special congressional panel designed to examine climate change. The Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming was shelved after Republicans took over the House in 2010.
That urgency grew Friday with the release Friday of a dire government report that climate change poses an increasing risk to the planet in the form of extreme weather, worsening health conditions, the spread of new diseases, increasing drought and famine, and economic decline.
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