119th (2025–2027)
S.Con.Res. 18
S.Con.Res. 18 is a concurrent resolution that declares a health and safety emergency for American children caused by the Trump administration's energy policies. The resolution argues that executive orders promoting fossil fuel production and restricting renewable energy development increase greenhouse gas emissions harmful to children, while administration actions suppress access to climate science data on federal websites and in scientific institutions. The resolution contends that these policies violate children's constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property by destabilizing the climate system, and notes that the harms disproportionately affect Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-income children. The resolution calls on Congress and the Trump administration to reverse fossil fuel-promoting executive orders, restore the EPA's environmental protection mission, republish climate science resources, and ensure that all energy and climate policies protect children's fundamental rights and are consistent with reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.