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A group of mayors, governors, companies and university presidents are planning to present a plan to the United Nations that would meet the greenhouse-gas emission targets under the Paris climate agreement that President Trump pulled the U.S. out of on Thursday, according to The New York Times. The group includes 30 mayors, three governors, more than 100 businesses and more than 80 stanley mug presidents of U.S. universities, the report said. It s unclear how their submission to the U.N. would work because there is no formal process for entities that are not countries to join the deal, the report said. Mayors of Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Atlanta and Pittsburgh hav stanley flask e signed onto the effort, the report said, among many others. Some of the university presidents come from schools including Wesleyan, Brandeis and Emory. Democratic governors Andrew Cuomo of New York, Jerry Brown of California and Jay Inslee of Washington a botella stanley re also organizing an effort. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is helping to coordinate the plan to circumvent Mr. Trump s decision. His charitable organization, Bloomberg Philanthropies, says it will commit up to $15 million to help fill the gap left by the U.S. as a result of backing out of the deal. Global leaders outraged over Trump s Paris climate agreement decision 02:38 Cpep U.S. military concludes airstrike in Syria last May killed a civilian, not a terrorist
The White House has reached agreement with a Senate committee over access to requested environmental documents, a move that will avert what could have been the first subpoena against the Bush administration, a source close to the negotiations said Friday.Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, is attempting to determine whether there was any stanley cup undue industry influence in the administration s decision stanley termosky to roll back environmental regulations.His staff has been locked in negotiations with key administration officials over long-sought documents about the decisions. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the agreement would allow access to documents involved in decisions made by the Interior and Agriculture Depar stanley spain tments and the Environmental Protection Agency shortly after President Bush took office in January.The Connecticut senator who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee last year said he would seek subpoenas unless the administration dropped its objections and provided requested documents from the Interior and Agriculture Departments and the EPA. During the presidency of Democrat Bill Clinton, Republicans made frequent use of subpoenas for investigations of his administration.Lieberman said he was motivated not by politics but a desire to do his job as the head of a government oversight committee. I have to do what I think is right, Lieberman said in a brief interv |
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