The skyrocketing costs of climate change

Environment and Public Works: Senate Committee · November 20, 2025

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Opening remarks; travel to COP and credentialing issues

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Unidentified speaker opened the event, welcomed Leader Jeffries and Speaker Emerita Pelosi, and explained that the speaker traveled to COP in Belém with credentials from GLOBE after the State Department declined to support credentialing. The speaker said this reflected the Trump administration's refusal to represent the U.S. at climate talks.

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Democratic leaders including Leader Jeffries and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi spoke on the Senate side about U.S. absence from the recent COP in Belém, Brazil, blamed fossil-fuel influence for policy rollbacks, warned of economic and insurance risks tied to climate change, and criticized proposed Endangered Species Act regulatory changes.

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