Here’s how a House calendar with longer weeks, more days in session, and less time on a plane could look. It would be better for members with families, for those on the West Coast, and for the planet.pic.twitter.com/XoaJNJojJp
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Here’s how a House calendar with longer weeks, more days in session, and less time on a plane could look. It would be better for members with families, for those on the West Coast, and for the planet.pic.twitter.com/XoaJNJojJp
The number of full working days would increase by 27 days from this year, but the number of roundtrip flights would decrease.pic.twitter.com/Axeg8bmdtK
The @UN estimated that carbon dioxide emissions from air travel reached over 900 million metric tons in 2018. Our Climate Calendar for Congress would reduce congressional travel days and therefore, reduce emissions and flights to and from D.C.
I came up with this calendar last month and I called @RepKatiePorter who is urging a more family-friendly calendar so we could team up to rally support for this major change to how Congress does business.
View the full Climate Calendar for Congress here: http://bit.ly/2NTq1Qx
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