In face of Republican obstruction, Shaheen urges action on Climate Change

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen displays a banner recently presented to her office by Granite State families on the floor of the Senate. (COURTESY PHOTO)

WASHINGTON, D.C.— U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen spoke on the Senate floor to highlight Senate Republican obstruction of legislation to tackle climate change, despite the threat that it poses to all Americans.

In New Hampshire, climate change has shortened the fall foliage season, disrupted maple syrup production, and is exacerbating the stress on fisheries and increasing insect-borne disease that endangers the state’s moose population.

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