S. Res. 550 is a symbolic resolution that affirms climate change is real and scientifically valid, not a hoax. The resolution, introduced by Senator Whitehouse and eleven other senators, documents the long history of climate science consensus—dating back to research in the 1890s through modern findings from NASA and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change—showing that 99.99 percent of peer-reviewed scientists agree that human activity, particularly fossil fuel burning, is causing global warming. The resolution also notes that the Trump administration in 2025 fired scientists working on the National Climate Assessment, removed the most recent assessment from public access, and shut down the U.S. Global Change Research Program website. The resolution formally declares that climate change driven by fossil fuels is sound science and calls on Congress to protect legislatively mandated climate research programs. As a resolution rather than a bill, this measure expresses the Senate's position but does not create law, fund programs, or establish binding requirements.
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