My name is Marialuna Schreiner Cintrón, and I am 16 years old. I, and many others, stand to request that Congress passes the Green New Deal (H.Res.109 / S.Res.59) and that they promote and build more public transportation because even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gas emissions globally, it would take at least 13 years for global temperatures to stop increasing (https://earth.org/what-would-happen-to-the-climate-if-we-stopped-greenhouse-gas-emissions/). 

The Green New Deal would set a 10-year plan with a goal of net-zero (balancing out emissions by adding and removing emissions) greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. It would establish technologies such as renewable energy so that the U.S. would have clean air, water, and a sustainable environment.

Establishing more public transportation (such as subways) is also important because with public transportation, many people can use one mode of transportation (50 people per subway, for example, compared to 5 people per electric car). Thus, public transportation uses less resources in the long term. Although electric vehicles are an important step, more and better public transportation would take us farther in the fight against climate change. 

I believe that people can do many things to help climate change by themselves, but climate change will not get better if governments do not establish the necessary regulations and laws. The passing of the Green New Deal and public transportation will be a catalyst for other governments across the world. It is better if this is done sooner rather than later. 

We will help not only ourselves and our families but the entire world in the long-term.

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