Press Release: EESI Submits Recommendations to House Climate Crisis Committee

Jay OwenEarth Systems Science

EESI Submits Recommendations to
House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis

 

For more information, contact: Amaury Laporte at (202) 662-1884 or [email protected]

November 22, 2019—The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) today submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Climate Crisis an extensive set of policy recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change.

The Select Committee’s work is establishing a critical foundation of information and ideas that will inform climate policy development for years to come,” said Daniel Bresette, executive director of EESI. “Addressing climate change is a monumental challenge. We take this opportunity to provide our comments and suggestions very seriously.”

EESI’s response to the request for information issued by the Select Committee in September covers a wide range of topics and provides specific recommendations for Congress to consider as climate policy continues to take shape. In addition to suggestions on how to advance clean energy research, development, demonstration, and deployment; reduce the carbon-intensity of the transportation sector; increase the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in new and existing buildings; and enact new nationwide policies to lower greenhouse gas emissions, EESI also offered three high-level principles for the Select Committee to consider:

1. The urgency of climate change demands near-term actions as longer-term policies are developed and implemented.

2. Reducing the risks of the worst climate change outcomes, and adapting to their increased frequency, magnitude, and severity, will require a cohesive, coordinated set of policies that are complex and interconnected.

3. Congress should recognize and support efforts by states and local governments to reduce GHG emissions and implement measures for climate change adaptation.

View EESI’s recommendations here.

The Committee will release public policy recommendations for Congress by March 31, 2020.

For more information, contact Amaury Laporte at [email protected] or (202) 662-1884.