Preserving some drilling, Pelosi and climate panel push Congress to get nation to net-zero emissions by 2050
June 30, 2020 at 11:04 AM EDT
Democrats on the House Special Committee on Climate are pushing Congress to set a national goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. It’s an agenda, they argue, that is necessary to slow the man-made consequences of a warming planet and it’s largely in step with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s pledge.