Date: March 15th, 2017
Explanation: Congressional action
A group of seventeen House republicans introduced a resolution calling for action on climate change. The resolution acknowledges that human activities contribute to climate and outlines a commitment “to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.”
The resolution was introduced by Elise Stefanik (NY), Carlos Curbelo (FL), and Ryan Costello (PA). The co-sponsors include Mark Amodei (NV), Don Bacon (NE), Barbara Comstock (VA), John Faso (NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), John Katko (NY), Mia Love (UT), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL), Frank LoBiondo (NJ), Brian Mast (FL), Pat Meehan (PA), Tom Reed (NY), David Reichert (WA) and Mark Sanford (SC).