AIBS Recommendations Included in House Report on Solving the Climate Crisis

A new plan from the Democratic members of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis was released on June 30, 2020. The report, “Solving the Climate Crisis: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy, and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America”, includes recommendations provided by AIBS in response to the Committee’s 2019 request for information from the public. AIBS urged the Committee to secure “increased federal investment in the biological sciences to improve our understanding of how living systems are being influenced by climate change, identify novel biotechnology and management practices that promote biological resilience to and mitigation of climate change, and develop innovative strategies for improving agricultural productivity while reducing the energy required to produce food and fiber.” The select committee was established by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the beginning of the 116th Congress to offer climate policy recommendations to the standing committees across jurisdictions. The report, initially scheduled for release in March, was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 500 plus page report provides a roadmap for Congress “to build a prosperous, clean energy economy that values workers, advances environmental justice, and is prepared to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.” Select Committee Chairwoman Kathy Castor (D-FL) said that if all the recommendations in the report we...
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