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starwomyn 70F
5429 posts
6/2/2017 3:18 am

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6/3/2017 12:57 am

68 mayors adopt Paris climate accord after U.S. pulls out

The 68 mayors who previously pledged to ignore President Donald Trump’s climate change policies have upped their commitment after he announced his intent to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord: At least 68 cities are adopting the historic agreement themselves.

A total of 68 mayors have joined the Climate Mayors agreement
The group of mayors, who represent more than 36 million Americans and some of the largest U.S. cities, outlined a plan to align with the other 194 nations that adopted the accord:
We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we’ll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.

The members of the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda known as the Climate Mayors had previously announced in March that they would not enforce an executive order that rolled back the previous administration’s policies to regulate energy production and reduce emissions.



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starwomyn 70F
8876 posts
6/2/2017 3:19 am

Mayor Eric Garcetti‏
Los Angeles Mayor

With POTUS pulling out of the ParisAgreement, L.A. will stand up to lead - & work with other cities to do the same

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starwomyn 70F
8876 posts
6/2/2017 3:20 am

We don't NEED #45 to clean up our act. We can do it ourselves.

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MrsJoe 76F
17469 posts
6/2/2017 5:58 am

Once again.......... we don't need to finance the rest of the world and be held to a higher standard than them, while we work to make our environment cleaner.
That Paris agreement seemed to be like a lot of committees.......... a lot of people talking, but very few actually doing the work and giving most of the money.


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sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
6/2/2017 12:47 pm

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Just curious.......Do you choose products that have environmentally intelligent packaging? Do you separate and recycle your garbage?......Do you compost?.......Or are you waiting until it's profitable?