After President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement on Thursday, the Democratic governors in California, New York and Washington state announced a state climate coalition called the United States Climate Alliance.
“The President has already said climate change is a hoax, which is the exact opposite of virtually all scientific and worldwide opinion,” California Governor Jerry Brown said in a statement announcing the alliance. “I don’t believe fighting reality is a good strategy – not for America, not for anybody. If the President is going to be AWOL in this profoundly important human endeavor, then California and other states will step up.”
The alliance will support the Paris pact and serve as “a forum to sustain and strengthen existing climate programs, promote the sharing of information and best practices, and implement new programs to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors of the economy,” according to a statement from the three governors.
Brown will also travel to China on Friday where he will participate in a climate summit and speak with Chinese officials about combatting climate change.
And Trump will apply sanctions to those states for being UnAmerican.
Wouldn’t it be awesome if all 50 states – or at least a great majority-- joined?
Trump could visit California to discuss climate issues with Brown. However, he advised staff a second trip to a foreign land, so close on the heels of his latest foray, would tax his patience.
I see Tweetie has been busy retweeting all of the sycophantic slavering of his suck-ups (usual suspects):
Here’s what comes next: Trump starts engaging in ham-handed efforts to force other nations to abandon the Paris agreement. Threats, blackmail, economic sabotage, whatever means he can grab at and inflict. Mark it down.