Sec. 2. Findings and purposes
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Congress finds that— greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere at a rate that may cause average temperatures to rise 8 degrees Fahrenheit or more; the expected rise in average temperatures poses a risk of— increasing global average air and ocean temperatures; widespread melting of snow and ice; and rising global average sea level; the overwhelming majority of the scientific community is clear that climate change is— real; caused by human activity; and already causing devastating problems in the United States and around the world; and mandatory steps will be required to move aggressively to transform the energy system of the United States away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy.
The purposes of this Act are— to reduce, in conjunction with other laws, emissions of carbon pollution to ensure that the contribution of the United States to global climate change is lower than the level required to keep global average temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius; to implement solutions that acknowledge the intersections of environmental degradation that perpetuate racial, social, and economic inequities; to protect the lives of low-income, minority, and tribal communities and reinvest in those communities; to empower communities to prepare for, and react to, the impacts of climate change that are already being experienced by communities; and to demonstrate to the international community a commitment by the Government of the United States to aggressively reduce carbon pollution emissions.