Virginia Governor Defies Trump on Paris Climate Deal, Pushes Investments in Solar and Wind
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Interview
At the UN Climate Summit in Bonn, Germany, a number of US senators, mayors and governors staged a defiant anti-Trump revolt. The lawmakers were part of a coalition of cities, universities, faith groups and companies who attended the UN climate summit to reject Trump’s vow to pull the US out of the Paris deal and instead proclaim “We Are Still In.” We spoke with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe.
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