Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the President to impose sanctions on a foreign individual or company that has engaged in egregious behaviors that undermine efforts to limit global warming. Specifically, the President may impose visa-blocking, property-blocking, or economic sanctions upon a determination that a foreign individual or company has (1) caused significant excess greenhouse gas emissions associated with electrical power generation; (2) caused significant or illegal deforestation or loss of natural carbon sinks; or (3) knowingly misrepresented the environmental impact of a project, investment, or product.
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Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019
USA116th CongressS-2955| Senate
| Updated: 11/21/2019
Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2019 This bill authorizes the President to impose sanctions on a foreign individual or company that has engaged in egregious behaviors that undermine efforts to limit global warming. Specifically, the President may impose visa-blocking, property-blocking, or economic sanctions upon a determination that a foreign individual or company has (1) caused significant excess greenhouse gas emissions associated with electrical power generation; (2) caused significant or illegal deforestation or loss of natural carbon sinks; or (3) knowingly misrepresented the environmental impact of a project, investment, or product.
AfricaAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAsiaChinaClimate change and greenhouse gasesCoalCongressional oversightDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEconomic developmentElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental technologyForeign aid and international reliefForeign and international corporationsForeign propertyForests, forestry, treesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionHuman rightsInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationLand use and conservationLatin AmericaMiningMultilateral development programsSanctionsVisas and passports