UPI: Pelosi unveils moderate alternative to Green New Deal
Vox: Nancy Pelosi is trying to force Trump to return the US to the Paris climate agreement
March 27 (UPI) -- One day after the Senate stymied attempts by progressive Democrats to pass the Green New Deal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced more scaled-back legislation Wednesday to fight climate change.
The bill would recommit the United States to the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change, which seeks to keep the rise of global temperature this century to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The Climate Action Now Act also would stop the government from using federal money to push the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement. In it's current state, the bill isn't as far reaching as the New Green Deal crafted by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Edward Markey.
House Democrats also announced the formation of a bipartisan Select Committee on Climate Change, which plans to meet on the Climate Action Now Act on Thursday.
Vox: Nancy Pelosi is trying to force Trump to return the US to the Paris climate agreement
In a press conference, Pelosi announced that House Democrats were introducing HR 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which aims to keep the United States in the 2015 Paris climate agreement. It's one of the first 10 bills introduced by the new House majority and will likely come to a vote this year.
"Our caucus has made [climate change] a caucus-wide priority," Pelosi said. "This bill is only step one."
Republicans still hold the White House and the Senate and are unlikely to pass any climate legislation