“Healey is a member of the US Climate Alliance, a group of 24 state governors committed to decreasing their states’ greenhouse gas emissions and passing high-impact state climate policy. She told us that during President Trump’s second term, green states will continue to work together for the sake of the entire country—which includes Massachusetts, 16 other states, and DC suing the Trump administration for its moratorium on offshore wind.
Unsurprisingly, Healey isn’t taking cues from the federal government for Massachusetts’ climate tech action — she’s looking globally.
‘Other countries are moving forward,’ Healey told us. ‘That should send a signal to American leadership that this is where we need to go.’”
Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent 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 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 latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
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