Energy and Environment
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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.
Lawmakers from Oregon took a stand earlier this week for pollinators.
Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, as well Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici, expressed concerns over the recent decision of the Environmental Protection Agency to approve new uses and lift restrictions for sulfoxaflor.
Several years ago, Washougal Mayor Molly Coston, then the president of the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards, was approached by Chris Collins of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership (LCEP), a Portland-based environmental protection nonprofit coalition of public and private groups.
Collins told Coston about the agency's plan to reconfigure the Port of Camas-Washougal's existing Columbia River levee system to reduce flood risk, re-connect 960 acres of Columbia River floodplain and increase recreation opportunities at the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Co-Chair of the House Oceans Caucus and a Member of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, is applauding the passage of two bipartisan bills to permanently safeguard coasts from oil and gas drilling.
"Our ocean sustains life on this planet, and to protect it we must end our reliance on fossil fuels and transition to a clean energy economy," Bonamici said.