Global warming could be kept to 1.8 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels if all the pledges and promises made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow are kept, the International Energy Agency reports. Bennie Thompson, the chair of the select committee, says about 20 more subpoenas are expected to go out soon. Today, the committee is scheduled to hear from Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who pushed baseless election conspiracy theories and consulted with Trump before the insurrection. The panel was in court yesterday to fight former President Trump’s efforts to withhold documents about what happened in the White House on the day of the insurrection. The House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot i s trying to move quickly as members face growing concern that their work would be shut down if the 2022 midterm elections result in a Republican-led House.
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