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1. Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nomination - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   April 17, 2024

   agreed to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050 Let me say that again at last year s UN climate conference over twenty countries including the United States agreed to triple global nuclear energy...energy capacity by 2050 The consensus is clear new nuclear energy development can help us limit global warming to 1 5 degrees Celsius That is why I ve long believed that nuclear energy must be a part of our...current and new nuclear designs are safe and secure The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is recognized globally as the gold standard for the regulation of nuclear technology Other countries around the world look...

2. Carper Defends Federal Highway Administration’s Greenhouse Gas Performance Rule - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   April 10, 2024

   the trucks the buses driven on our highways every day are a major source of the emissions that are warming this planet that we call home And that is why the Federal Highway Administration s greenhouse gas...

3. What They Are Saying: Broad Support for Recycling and Composting Legislation - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   March 18, 2024

   use and help combat climate change because recycled materials are important building blocks in the global manufacturing chain For example using recycled aluminum saves 95 of the energy needed to make virgin...

4. Carper Statement on John Podesta to Serve as Senior Adviser to the President for International Climate Policy - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   January 31, 2024

   to become senior adviser to the president for international climate policy In order to address our global climate crisis we need smart experts who understand climate science to ensure that the United States...

5. Carper Leads Hearing on Reducing Methane Emissions from Landfills - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   January 31, 2024

   are the third that s right the third largest source of methane emissions in the United States and globally ON SUPPORTING THE TECHNOLOGIES NECESSARY TO CAPTURE METHANE EMISSIONS Chairman Carper While composting...

6. Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Landfill Methane Emissions - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   January 31, 2024

   responsible for roughly a third of the global warming our planet is currently experiencing That makes cleaning up methane emissions one of the fastest ways to mitigate global warming In fact according to the Intergovernmental...near term warming Two years ago I traveled to Scotland for COP26 with several of our colleagues and members of our staff That is when the United States and the European Union launched the Global Methane...Methane Pledge This agreement represents a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions by at least 30 percent over ten years Today more than 150 countries have signed onto that Pledge More recently I...

7. Carper Returns from UN Climate Conference, COP28 - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   December 12, 2023

   Union Japan and others Senator Carper also participated in discussions on infrastructure resiliency global methane reductions and clean trade and supply chains Photos of Senator Carper and the delegation...

8. Carper Highlights Climate, Economic Opportunities of Industrial Decarbonization - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   November 16, 2023

   cement and aluminum And at the same time the industrial sector is responsible for nearly one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and represents the third largest source of U S emissions trailing only the...

9. Chairman Carper’s Opening Statement: Hearing on Industrial Decarbonization Opportunities - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
   November 15, 2023

   is one every three weeks The report also found that if we are going to limit the increase of global warming to 1 5 degrees Celsius our country must reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 So why...cement and aluminum At the same time the industrial sector is responsible for nearly one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and represents the third largest source of U S emissions trailing only the...reducing greenhouse gas emissions By doing so we can make American industry more competitive on the global stage while addressing climate pollution and creating good paying jobs To do this we need collaboration...

10. VIDEO: On America Recycles Day, Carper Calls for National Composting Strategy to Reduce Landfill Emissions - Majority News - U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
    November 15, 2023

    strategy Doing so could help us reduce food waste which is responsible for some 58 percent of planet warming methane emissions that come from landfills Earlier this year Senator Carper along with Senators Shelley...