"States Scramble To Salvage Climate Crusade Abandoned By Trump"

"Donald Trump’s plan to bring an abrupt halt to America’s crusade against climate change will test California and other states like never before as they seek to wrest control of the nation’s energy future from a hostile White House.

The energy plan Trump unveiled on Tuesday left no doubt that the states are now on their own — and that the White House is already poised to weaken some of their pioneering efforts.

Left uncertain, though, is whether Trump can unilaterally relinquish the nation’s role as a global leader in the fight to curb emissions, or whether the progressive states — with an assist from legally savvy environmental groups — can preserve that mantle."

Evan Halper reports for the Los Angeles Times March 29, 2017.

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"Dem States Pledge Climate Action In Face Of Trump Roll-Back" (The Hill)