For those who have not yet looked, here is the link to the draft resolution Dianne Feinstein will be proposing. Copies of this proposal were given to the students she met with yesterday during their controversial meeting.
www.feinstein.senate.gov/…
I am not interested relitigating the content and tone of that interaction, there are at least two other diaries addressing that part of the controversy.
What I am interested in doing is pushing back against the conclusion being drawn in those comments that Dianne Feinstein is not an ally in the fight against climate change.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a scientifically based report that showed the desperate situation we are in and the need to act now to mitigate the worst impacts of Climate Change.
In terms of what was needed to address this, the IPCC concluded:
Staying at or below 1.5°C requires slashing global greenhouse gas emissions 45 percent below 2010 levels by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050.
Dianne Feinstein’s draft proposal says the following:
The United States shall reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero as soon as possible and by no later than 2050.
Clearly, Dianne Feinstein recognizes the threat facing us, and has proposed changes with the desire to achieve goals exactly in line with the IPCC.
Whatever you think of her interactions with the children, she is an ally in the fight against climate change.