{"651619":{"#nid":"651619","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Major climate action at stake in fight over twin bills pending in Congress","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPresident Joe\u0026nbsp;Biden\u0026rsquo;s plan to try to fortify the United States against extreme weather \u0026mdash; and cut the carbon dioxide emissions that are heating the Earth and fueling disasters \u0026mdash; is embedded in two pieces of legislation pending on Capitol Hill. The future of both bills remains in question, with tension between moderate and progressive Democrats over the size and scope of many details.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Each time you let these opportunities slip through your fingers, you\u0026rsquo;re passing a much harder problem on to the next generation,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;Georgia Power Chair and ADVANCE Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Cobb\u0026nbsp;is also director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-12 19:19:49","changed_gmt":"2021-10-12 19:19:49","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Automated Identification System","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/nation-world\/nation-politics\/major-climate-action-at-stake-in-fight-over-twin-bills-pending-in-congress\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"105821","name":"extreme weather"},{"id":"189048","name":"climate legislation"},{"id":"189049","name":"Joe Biden"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}