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The general topic of this message is Environment:
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Subject:
H>R 865
To:
Rep. Jerry Lewis
October 26, 2009
Mr. Lewis
Ecological changes which could contribute to or constitute tipping points include the amount of reflective surface area on the Earth now provided primarily by ice and snow; the release of gigatons of methane deposits, which have well over 15 times the warming capacity of carbon dioxide, in permafrost or at the bottom of the ocean; and the growing acidification of the ocean and loss of forest cover due to deforestation and forest fires, which is hindering their ability to continue to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide; and
Whereas prominent earth scientists such as James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Chair and Nobel Laureate Rajendra Pachauri, as well as global leaders and Nobel Laureates such as Al Gore and Archbishop Desmond Tutu support a target concentration of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
(1) the United States should adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by which to evaluate domestic and international climate change policies; and
(2) the United States should develop domestic and international policies that are sufficiently flexible to accommodate advancing science in the event that a change in the target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide becomes warranted
I would encourage you to be brave and bold and support this very much needed bill to be passed.
Highland , CA
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