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 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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