Last week, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D (NY-16) offered four amendments to the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House voted on the Fiscal Year 2023 NDAA led by the Armed Services Committee. Congressman Bowman offered four amendments to the annual defense authorization bill, of which three have successfully passed in the House. Those amendments would:
to end new public support for fossil fuel energy projects abroad and "further position the United States as an international laggard on climate, but would further jeopardize international climate goals, risk $13 billion USD in stranded assets, and put Pacific frontline communities at further environmental, social, and economic risk."
"Approving this project risks wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on infrastructure that will become a stranded asset, and worse, further places our climate goals of minimizing global warming to 1.5°C far out of reach." "EXIM's potential support for this project signals that the agency and this administration [are] not serious about achieving international climate goals," OCI export finance climate strategist Nina Pusic charged Tuesday. "Approving this project risks wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on infrastructure that will become a stranded asset, and worse, further places our climate goals of minimizing global warming to 1.5°C far out of reach.
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