Every U.S. presidential administration introduces new policy changes to the country’s biggest sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, energy, agriculture, and more — and the environment is not immune to the influences of the White House.
But even as climate policies ebb and flow on a federal level, subnational support for climate progress remains strong and steadfast.
When the (first) Trump administration withdrew from the Paris Agreement in 2017, more than 4,000 mayors, governors, university presidents, and business leaders formed the America Is All In movement — a coalition committed to meeting the emissions reduction target set by the international treaty.
A 2019 study found that this localized “bottom-up” approach to leadership from towns, cities, states, and businesses could reduce the nation’s emissions by up to 37% by 2030, with or without…