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Senate debate splits over climate-change message resolution; supporters urge review, opponents warn delay risks
Summary
Senate debate over HJR12 exposed a clear split: sponsors asked the federal government to delay action for a decade while opponents urged preventive steps now and warned the message could discourage scientific work and timely policy.
A floor debate over a message resolution on climate change exposed a sharp split among Utah senators on whether to urge federal authorities to delay major climate regulation.
Senator Jenkins, sponsor of House Joint Resolution 12, framed the measure as a cautionary message to federal policymakers. "For heaven's sakes, let's hold off for 10 years," Jenkins told colleagues, arguing the economic stakes are enormous and calling for additional peer review and verification of scientific findings before large-scale policy…
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