Sentences with phrase «back federal climate policies»
The renewables milestone comes amid actions by the Trump administration to turn back federal climate policies intended to cut greenhouse gas emissions by embracing wind, solar and other renewable energy.
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Orr, who is also the dean of the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, said U.S. cities and states lead the world in important aspects of climate resilience and mitigation precisely because the Trump administration has rolled back federal ambition.
IEA backs Canada's new energy and climate commitments Review of Canadian energy policies urges federal government to turn climate pledges into energy policies 25 February 2016
YCER's effort to rally GOP support for a clean - energy future wouldn't have seemed so remarkable back in 2008, when a group of moderate Republicans actively advocated for federal policies to address climate change.
And while cities, states and businesses have committed to taking climate action in the United States, federal leadership is non-existent, with the Trump administration rolling back climate policies and announcing its intent to pull the country out of the international Paris Agreement on climate change.
«That's in part why, despite consistent efforts to weaken or roll back existing federal climate policies, the administration has yet to successfully suspend, weaken, or repeal a major climate protection.»