Bill
H.R. 1607: To clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes.
Bill Text: This bill’s text for status (Nov 7, 2023) is now available.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate science
State of Play
What began as a theory in the 1890s — that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide could increase global temperatures — had progressed to a scientific fact a century later. Scientists across a range of disciplines are studying the impact of the still-growing concentration of carbon dioxide and other so-called “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere as they call for industrial and governmental policies to slow, then halt, the warming of the planet.