Expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report titled "Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty".

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HRES 1145

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Nov 13, 2018

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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to b ...

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Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Environmental Protection International organizations and cooperation

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Recognizes and accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the special report on the impacts of global warming.

Expresses the sense that immediate action by Congress and the Administration is needed to reduce greenhouse gases.

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Nov 13, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 13, 2018

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