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Related: About this forumSenators concerned as Trump official disputes UN climate change warning
The Trump administration on Sunday again appeared at odds with lawmakers over the severity of climate change and how it should be addressed in wake of a United Nations report warning of potential dire consequences.
The report, which warns that the world is on a path toward catastrophic climate change if greenhouse gas emissions aren't cut dramatically by 2030, was a key focus of the Sunday news shows, with top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow pushing back against it.
Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), meanwhile, were quick to call for action, and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) acknowledged the scientific consensus that humans are the chief contributor to climate change.
The report, made public last week by the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the world needs to decrease emissions by 45 percent by 2030 to avoid catastrophic consequences.
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in2herbs
(2,947 posts)hatrack
(59,606 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,868 posts)mountain grammy
(26,676 posts)That'll show em.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)to eliminate or add to achieve that 45% drop in emissions? Maybe some scenarios? I'd hate to think there aren't any specifics in the offing. We would waste way too much time waiting on polititians to make general decisions when we should be ready to move.
Canoe52
(2,949 posts)hatrack
(59,606 posts)BlahblahblahblahBLAHBLAHBLAH.