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Pelosi and House Democrats urge stronger climate action, fault administration and fossil-fuel influence
Summary
At an event on the Senate side of the Capitol, Speaker Emerita Nancy D'Alessandro Pelosi and House Democratic leaders urged renewed U.S. climate action, warned of insurance and real-estate risks tied to climate change, defended Inflation Reduction Act gains, and pledged opposition to proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act.
Speaker Emerita Nancy D'Alessandro Pelosi and House Democratic leaders used an appearance on the Senate side of the Capitol to press for stronger U.S. climate action, criticized the Trump administration27s alignment with fossil-fuel interests and warned of cascading financial risks tied to climate change.
Pelosi framed climate change as a cross-cutting health, economic and security problem and traced recent legislative progress to bipartisan efforts and the Inflation Reduction Act. She said the nation must tell the story of responsibility "truthfully with the villains in it," and urged outside mobilization alongside inside legislative work to…
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