States committed to climate deal one year after Trump exit

Published May 31, 2018 12:00pm ET



A group of 16 states and Puerto Rico are marking the one-year anniversary of President Trump’s June 1 exit from the Paris climate change agreement by re-upping their commitment to the nonbinding deal signed by former President Barack Obama.

The U.S. Climate Alliance, including governors from the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and California, announced Thursday that they are reducing greenhouse gas emissions faster than the rest of the country, while raising economic output at double the rate of the nation.

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