Energy and Environment

On Wednesday, the United Nations released an alarming report on global climate change, specifically how the build up of greenhouse gases is impacting the world's oceans and ice. Much of the warmth trapped in Earth's atmosphere by human-made carbon dioxide has been absorbed by the oceans and the impacts have been stark.

Ocean warming has more than doubled since 1993,according to this morning's report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "The world's ocean and cryosphere have been 'taking the heat' from climate change for decades, and consequences for nature and humanity are sweeping and severe," Ko Barrett, vice-chair of the IPCC, said in a statement.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici says a new international report on the declining health of the oceans prompts her to call for immediate action by the House to support its findings.

"We need to take immediate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to protect the health of our ocean and the stability of the cryosphere," she said in an online post today (Wednesday, Sept. 25). "At a time when the Trump Administration perpetually dismisses and denies climate science, it is our responsibility to lift up the voices of the scientific community.

A new United Nations report on the impacts of climate change gives a bleak outlook for the world's oceans and ice caps unless global warming is significantly curbed soon.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon introduced a House resolution Wednesday "expressing the need for immediate climate action" in response to the U.N. oceans report. The resolution calls for investing in wetland restoration and ocean renewable energy, reducing the maritime industry's carbon footprint, and exploring the ocean's carbon sequestration potential.

Oceans are warming, glaciers are melting and the global sea level is rising, according to a special report on climate change the United Nations released Wednesday morning.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici introduced a resolution that highlights the warnings of the UN report on the ocean and the cryosphere. Her reaction, which she published in a blog post, pushed for ocean-centric solutions to the climate crisis and connects international, scientific findings to changes that have already been felt on Oregon's North Coast.

U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici will be in Gearhart for a town hall on Oct. 7.

"Constituent input informs the work I do, including taking action on the climate crisis, addressing student loan debt, and making sure everyone can access affordable health care," the Oregon Democrat said in a news release.