Originally published on the CGS blog on October 16, 2009.
“We refuse to accept the argument that the United States cannot lead the world in addressing global climate change.”
This is the kind of support that the climate debate needed from members of Congress as the Kerry-Boxer bill introduced in the Senate battles for time on the heavy legislative agenda. Giving momentum to climate legislation once again, Senator John Kerry (D-MAS) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R- SC) published an op-ed in the New York Times making a strong statement in favor of the U.S. assuming a leadership role in climate change mitigation.
Though they come from opposite sides of the aisle, Senators Kerry and Graham found much common ground as they called for bipartisan support for climate change. They said: “climate change is real and threatens our economy and national security. That is why we are advocating aggressive reductions in our emissions of the carbon gases that cause climate change… We are confident that a legitimate bipartisan effort can put America back in the lead again and can empower our negotiators to sit down at the table in Copenhagen in December and insist that the rest of the world join us in producing a new international agreement on global warming. That way, we will pass on to future generations a strong economy, a clean environment and an energy-independent nation.”
The innumerable harmful effects of climate change do not respect borders or political ideologies- they affect us all. This is why we all have to come together in search of a solution.
Act NOW to support strengthened climate legislation in the U.S.!
