[Vision2020] 8-1-22: Act NOW: This is our moment for bold climate action in Congress

[Ted Moffett]

Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
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We must secure long-awaited action from Congress to address the grave and
worsening climate crisis.

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The Time Is Now: Congress Must Vote Yes on Climate Action


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This is the moment we have been waiting for. With a breakthrough agreement
secured on bold climate and energy provisions, Congress has a powerful
moment to pass significant climate legislation. Our lawmakers must vote yes
to swiftly pass legislation and invest in climate, clean energy,
environmental justice, and jobs.
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This hopeful moment for climate progress could not come at a more critical
time. People around the nation are reeling from worsening heatwaves,
drought, wildfires, and floods, as the summer Danger Season unfolds.
Science shows that we must take decisive action to sharply curtail
heat-trapping emissions within this decade to help limit the worst climate
impacts.

*And we know that a rapid transition to a clean and climate resilient
economy is the best way to address the climate crisis, which
disproportionately harms low-income communities and communities of color.*

Congress now has an opportunity to do just that: by passing the Inflation
Reduction Act of 2022, which makes much-needed investments in clean energy,
clean transportation, resilient agriculture, climate resilience,
environmental justice, and jobs, as part of a broader budget reconciliation
bill. These provisions are projected to help cut US heat-trapping emissions
roughly 40 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, a significant down payment on
our climate goals.

Write today and urge your members of Congress to vote yes on this critical
bill—we have no time to waste.
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Time is running out in this Congress: legislators must vote yes on this
bill as soon as possible and secure passage before the end of September.

Here are some of the outcomes the bill can help us achieve:

   - cleaning up the power sector
   - electrifying our transportation sector
   - helping prepare and protect communities from climate impacts
   - investing in environmental justice solutions
   - building a more resilient food and farm system

This is a long-awaited, and all-too-rare moment for policy action on the
grave and worsening climate crisis. Tell your member of Congress today to
vote YES to enact a robust, just, and equitable legislative package on
climate and clean energy.
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The time to act is now; let's make sure Congress meets the moment!

In solidarity,
[image: Rachel Cleetus]
Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director
Climate & Energy Program
Union of Concerned Scientists

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