The high-profile congressional delegation scheduled to attend the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, later this week will no longer be led by House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers.
Climate change activists and experts fear that the United States may lose its momentum on cutting climate-change-causing greenhouse gases once Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January.
If Republicans regain control of the House in next month's midterm elections, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers would become chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, where countering China on climate would probably become one of her central messages.
Two Republican House members from this state, Reps. Reichert and Herrera-Beutler, tell U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: No new oil drilling off the Washington Coast.
