Gov. Brown at summit: Trump is a ‘liar, criminal, fool’ on climate change
Gov. Jerry Brown at the State Capitol in January 2017.
The new report noted Brown said, comparing that America has cut its the effort to being “at the emissions of greenhouse base camp of Mount Everest.” gases 12 percent since 2005. Obama agreed to reduce Among the many other them at least 26 percent agreements announced by 2025. this week as part of the
Much of the rest can event was a new pledge be made up, Bloomberg by former Vice President said by local governments Al Gore’s organization, buying more renewable the Climate Reality Project, energy, supporting incentives to work with county for electric vehicles, governments across the passing more efficient United States in a partnership building standards and called the Climate taking other methods that County Coalition, to meet don’t require the Trump the targets of the 2015 administration or federal Paris climate agreement. government’s approval. The founder of the county
If such measures were coalition is Santa Clara adopted broadly, the report County Supervisor Dave estimates, the U.S. Cortese, who announced could achieve a 24 percent the new partnership at an reduction by 2025. event Wednesday night
“While the spotlight is with Gore in San Francisco. on Washington, the real action is happening in the The Paris agreement is states,” said Bloomberg, a voluntary effort in which adding “There is every every country in the world reason to be optimistic.” pledged to take steps to
Brown noted that earlier boost renewable energy, this week he signed a decrease carbon emissions law requiring 100 percent from transportation of California’s electricity sources and reduce greenhouse to come from renewable gas emissions that sources like solar are trapping heat in the and wind, or carbon-free world’s atmosphere. The sources like large dams goal is to keep warming and nuclear power, by below 2 degrees Celsius 2045. Currently, California – 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit receives 32 percent of its – by the end of this century, electricity from renewable a level scientists say sources. will reduce the severity of
“We’re getting it done, droughts, massive forest but we have a very tall fires, major sea level rise mountain to climb,” and other calamities.