In the absence
of federal leadership on climate change, the RGGI proposal will lower the emissions cap even further and set the precedent for recognizing and taking action against climate change to support the future of communities around the globe.»
To be sure, mistakes were made: Not understanding the limitations or unintended
consequences of federal leadership on education; a disastrous, ill - timed excursion into teacher evaluation reform; a technocratic impulse that was insufficiently sensitive to parents» concerns about issues like student privacy; and on and on.
Cuomo administration officials have said since 2016 that the state would act on its own to set lower limits for PFOA and PFOS for all water systems in the
absence of federal leadership.
Coalitions of states in New England and on the West Coast have taken action in recent years to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the absence
of federal leadership.
According to the Governor of California the debate on climate change is over, the science is irrefutable, and in the absence
of federal leadership, his State and others are taking matters into their own hands.
The film examines some of the key moments that have shaped the politics of global warming, and how local and state governments and the private sector are now taking bold steps in the absence
of federal leadership.
In the absence
of federal leadership, states are increasingly leading the charge on early learning.