The Alliance’s states and territories are demonstrating that the U.S. can successfully protect Americans from carbon pollution and deliver cleaner electricity, while, at the same time, meeting growing energy demand, creating good-paying jobs, and lowering energy costs. In comments to EPA, the Alliance expressed grave concerns over the agency’s proposed repeal of carbon pollution standards against greenhouse gas pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants.
EPA’s proposal ignores the science, flouts the federal government’s legal obligation under the Clean Air Act, and disregards the will of the American people. This proposal leaves hundreds of millions of Americans unprotected against harmful climate pollution.
Read the Alliance’s full letter here.
Launched on June 1, 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by President Trump’s initial decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60% of the U.S. economy and 55% of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28% by 2025, 50-52% by 2030, and 61-66% by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories will continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the Alliance reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 19% between 2005 and 2022, while increasing collective GDP by 30%, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal by reducing collective GHG emissions 26% below 2005 levels by 2025. The coalition’s states and territories are employing more workers in the clean energy sector, achieving lower levels of dangerous air pollutants, and preparing more effectively for climate impacts and executing more pre-disaster planning than the rest of the country.
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