[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11349]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         CAPPING CARBON DIOXIDE

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, we now are at a critical juncture to 
determine whether or not we will respond to a terrible problem in the 
oceans, and that is not just the oil spill in the gulf; it is the 
acidification of the oceans now caused by carbon dioxide that comes 
from the oil and gas industry and some other fossil fuel industries.
  I would suggest Members may want to take a look at a new report. It 
was in Science magazine, published 2 days ago by the American 
Association for the Advancement of Science. This is their conclusion: 
``The world's oceans are virtually choking on rising greenhouse gases, 
destroying marine ecosystems and breaking down the food chain, 
irreversible changes that have not occurred for several million 
years.''
  We have a chance to restrict and restrain this pollutant, carbon 
dioxide, in a bill now pending in the U.S. Senate. We hope that in 
conversations with the President next week we come out with a firm, 
clear cap on carbon dioxide so we can stop what will otherwise be 
irreversible changes in our oceans.

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