IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING AND OIL DEPENDENCE ON POOR:EDWARD J. MARKEY COMMUNITIES From: Congressional Testimony | Date: October 18, 2007 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
10-18-2007
Opening Statement of Edward J. Markey Chairman Committee on House Select
Energy Independence and Global Warming Committee on House Select Energy
Independence and Global Warming October 18, 2007 When we think of the communities
most vulnerable to global warming, images of physical devastation come
to mind - Gulf Coast cities washed away by increasingly intense hurricanes,
Alaskan villages slipping into the ocean without sea ice to protect them
from winter storms, and low-lying islands and coastal areas slowly losing
ground to the rising sea level. These physical ...

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