For days, two-thirds of the country struggled through a heat wave that turned deadly, caused roads to crack and buckle, and brought about major power failures. Now that the East Coast is getting a slight break, the West is getting a new set of heat wave predictions — complete with wildfire warnings.
In my home of Washington, DC, the heat index reached 110 degrees this past weekend. But was it hot enough for Congress to get the message? With temperature records being smashed month after month, year after year, it's likely that human-caused global warming is making these extreme heat events more frequent.
It's time to address the climate crisis: Call on your U.S. representative to cosponsor the soon-to-be released bill that will commit the US to 100% clean energy!
Here are the details: Rep. McEachin is planning to soon unveil a groundbreaking proposal that will require federal agencies to use their authority to transition the United States to a 100% clean energy economy by 2050.
This soon-to-be announced bill will put us on the path to drastically cutting pollution across all sectors of our economy: from transportation, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and beyond.
Getting to 100% clean is entirely possible. Technology removing carbon directly from the air is developing; practices that make agriculture more climate friendly are expanding; and a diversity of clean energy sources — and the jobs they create — are becoming more widely available.
We have no time to waste. We can’t continue to suffer the devastating effects of the climate crisis without taking action.
Raise your voice today, and urge your U.S. representative to sign onto this bill as an original cosponsor and support moving America to 100% clean!
Thank you for standing with us,
Heather Shelby
Action Network Manager
