; Whereas the Republic of India announced that, notwithstanding the Paris Agreement, it will continue its reliance on coal and plans to double the nation’s coal output within the next 5 years; Whereas, according to an October 2015 MIT Technology Review report, increased coal consumption in the Republic of India will negate any global efforts to limit carbon dioxide, regardless of anything that the United States does to decrease its emissions; and Whereas the emissions reduction goals of the Paris Agreement cannot be met without the global development and deployment of critical new technologies, including energy storage technologies and advanced nuclear reactors, as well as commercial-scale carbon, capture, utilization, and storage technologies that are not currently viable economically and will require substantial investment into further research: Now, therefore, be it