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Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord

M

Malyse

Member
Representatives of American cities, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris climate accord, despite President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agreement.

The unnamed group — which, so far, includes 30 mayors, three governors, more than 80 university presidents and more than 100 businesses — is negotiating with the United Nations to have its submission accepted alongside contributions to the Paris climate deal by other nations.

“We’re going to do everything America would have done if it had stayed committed,” Michael Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who is coordinating the effort, said in an interview.

By redoubling their climate efforts, he said, cities, states and corporations could achieve, or even surpass, the pledge of the administration of former President Barack Obama to reduce America’s planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent by 2025, from their levels in 2005.

It was unclear how, exactly, that submission to the United Nations would take place. Christiana Figueres, a former top United Nations climate official, said there was currently no formal mechanism for entities that were not countries to be full parties to the Paris accord.
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Mayors of cities including Los Angeles, Atlanta and Salt Lake City have signed on — along with Pittsburgh, which Mr. Trump mentioned in his speech announcing the withdrawal — as have Hewlett-Packard, Mars and dozens of other companies.

Eighty-two presidents and chancellors of universities including Emory, Brandeis and Wesleyan are also participating, the organizers said.

Mr. Trump’s plan to pull out of the Paris agreement was motivating more local and state governments, as well as businesses, to commit to the climate change fight, said Robert C. Orr, one of the architects of the 2015 Paris agreement as the United Nations secretary-general’s lead climate adviser.

On Thursday, Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and Gov. Jerry Brown of California, all Democrats, said they were beginning a separate alliance of states committed to upholding the Paris accord.

“The electric jolt of the last 48 hours is accelerating this process that was already underway,” said Mr. Orr, who is now dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. “It’s not just the volume of actors that is increasing, it’s that they are starting to coordinate in a much more integral way.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/01/climate/american-cities-climate-standards.html

In case you missed it, NeoGAF has committed to the Paris Agreement as well.

ShadowSwordmaster said:
https://medium.com/@ClimateMayors/c...ld-paris-climate-agreement-goals-ba566e260097
Mayor Eric Garcetti
City of Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Martin J Walsh
City of Boston, MA
Mayor Bill de Blasio
New York City, NY
Mayor Sylvester Turner
City of Houston, TX
Mayor Madeline Rogero
City of Knoxville, TN
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City of Chicago, IL
Mayor Ed Murray
City of Seattle, WA
Mayor Jim Kenney
City of Philadelphia, PA
Mayor Kasim Reed
City of Atlanta, GA
Mayor Lioneld Jordan
City of Fayetteville, AR
Mayor Kathy Sheehan
City of Albany, NY
Mayor Christopher Taylor
City of Ann Arbor, MI
Mayor Van W Johnson
City of Apalachicola, FL
Mayor Susan Ornelas
City of Arcata, CA
Mayor Esther Manheimer
City of Asheville, NC
Mayor Steve Skadron
City of Aspen, CO
Mayor Steve Adler
City of Austin, TX
Mayor Jesse Arreguin
City of Berkeley, CA
Mayor John Hamilton
City of Bloomington, IN
Mayor Suzanne Jones
City of Boulder, CO
Mayor Miro Weinberger
City of Burlington, VT
Mayor Pam Hemminger
City of Chapel Hill, NC
Mayor Jennifer Roberts
City of Charlotte, NC
Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
City of Chula Vista, CA
Mayor Stephen K Benjamin
City of Columbia, SC
Mayor Jeffrey Cooper
Culver City, CA
Mayor Michael Hancock
City of Denver, CO
Mayor Josh Maxwell
City of Downingtown, PA
Mayor Roy D Buol
City of Dubuque, IA
Mayor William V Bell
City of Durham, NC
Mayor David Kaptain
City of Elgin, IL
Mayor Lucy Vinis
City of Eugene, OR
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson
City of Gary, IN
Mayor Paul Blackburn
City of Hood River, OR
Mayor Steven M Fulop
Jersey City, NJ
Mayor Sly James
Kansas City, MO
Mayor Adam Paul
City of Lakewood, CO
Mayor Richard J Kaplan
City of Lauderhill, FL
Mayor Mark Stodola
City of Little Rock, AR
Mayor Robert Garcia
City of Long Beach, CA
Mayor Dennis Coombs
City of Longmont, CO
Mayor Philip Levine
City of Miami Beach, FL
Mayor Tom Barrett
City of Milwaukee, WI
Mayor Mark Gamba
City of Milwaukie, OR
Mayor Betsy Hodges
City of Minneapolis, MN
Mayor Megan Barry
City of Nashville, TN
Mayor Jon Mitchell
City of New Bedford, MA
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
City of New Orleans, LA
Mayor Libby Schaaf
City of Oakland, CA
Mayor Buddy Dyer
City of Orlando, FL
Mayor Greg Scharff
City of Palo Alto, CA
Mayor Jack Thomas
Park City, UT
Mayor Greg Stanton
City of Phoenix, AZ
Mayor William Peduto
City of Pittsburgh, PA
Mayor Ted Wheeler
City of Portland, OR
Mayor Jorge O Elorza
City of Providence, RI
Mayor Hillary Schieve
City of Reno, NV
Mayor Tom Burt
City of Richmond, CA
Mayor Darrell Steinberg
City of Sacramento, CA
Mayor Christopher Coleman
City of Saint Paul, MN
Mayor Jackie Biskupski
Salt Lake City, UT
Mayor Ed Lee
City of San Francisco, CA
Mayor Sam Liccardo
City of San Jose, CA
Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter
City of San Leandro, CA
Mayor Heidi Harmon
City of San Luis Obispo, CA
Mayor Helene Schneider
City of Santa Barbara, CA
Mayor Javier M Gonzales
City of Santa Fe, NM
Mayor Ted Winterer
City of Santa Monica, CA
Mayor Joe Curtatone
City of Somerville, MA
Mayor Scott A Saunders
City of Smithville, TX
Mayor Lyda Krewson
City of St Louis, MO
Mayor Rick Kriseman
City of St Petersburg, FL
Mayor Stephanie A Miner
City of Syracuse, NY
Mayor Kate Stewart
City of Takoma Park, MD
Mayor Andrew Gillum
City of Tallahassee, FL
Mayor Jim Carruthers
Traverse City, MI
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
City of Tucson, AZ
Mayor Muriel Bowser
City of Washington, D.C.
Mayor Oscar Rios
City of Watsonville, CA
Mayor Jeri Muoio
City of West Palm Beach, FL
Mayor Christopher Cabaldon
City of West Sacramento, CA
Mayor Daniel Corona
City of West Wendover, NV
Mayor Allen Joines
City of Winston Salem, NC
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G

ggx2ac

Member
The worst thing that could've happened is everyone becoming apathetic to climate change, which definitely was the case for many years.

Only now are people taking it more seriously because of the dangerous negligence of the US President.
 
SolidSnakeUS

SolidSnakeUS

Member
Get fucked #45. Fuck you. Going to be so hilarious when most businesses, cities and states in this country start abiding by the accords. Don't worry, he'll say it's STILL bad for business, yet all the businesses are abiding by it... hmmm... so I wonder who fucked up hmmm? Fuck you.
 
S

ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
Gutek said:
Do we actually have a list of "these cities"?
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https://medium.com/@ClimateMayors/c...ld-paris-climate-agreement-goals-ba566e260097
Mayor Eric Garcetti
City of Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Martin J Walsh
City of Boston, MA
Mayor Bill de Blasio
New York City, NY
Mayor Sylvester Turner
City of Houston, TX
Mayor Madeline Rogero
City of Knoxville, TN
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City of Chicago, IL
Mayor Ed Murray
City of Seattle, WA
Mayor Jim Kenney
City of Philadelphia, PA
Mayor Kasim Reed
City of Atlanta, GA
Mayor Lioneld Jordan
City of Fayetteville, AR
Mayor Kathy Sheehan
City of Albany, NY
Mayor Christopher Taylor
City of Ann Arbor, MI
Mayor Van W Johnson
City of Apalachicola, FL
Mayor Susan Ornelas
City of Arcata, CA
Mayor Esther Manheimer
City of Asheville, NC
Mayor Steve Skadron
City of Aspen, CO
Mayor Steve Adler
City of Austin, TX
Mayor Jesse Arreguin
City of Berkeley, CA
Mayor John Hamilton
City of Bloomington, IN
Mayor Suzanne Jones
City of Boulder, CO
Mayor Miro Weinberger
City of Burlington, VT
Mayor Pam Hemminger
City of Chapel Hill, NC
Mayor Jennifer Roberts
City of Charlotte, NC
Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
City of Chula Vista, CA
Mayor Stephen K Benjamin
City of Columbia, SC
Mayor Jeffrey Cooper
Culver City, CA
Mayor Michael Hancock
City of Denver, CO
Mayor Josh Maxwell
City of Downingtown, PA
Mayor Roy D Buol
City of Dubuque, IA
Mayor William V Bell
City of Durham, NC
Mayor David Kaptain
City of Elgin, IL
Mayor Lucy Vinis
City of Eugene, OR
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson
City of Gary, IN
Mayor Paul Blackburn
City of Hood River, OR
Mayor Steven M Fulop
Jersey City, NJ
Mayor Sly James
Kansas City, MO
Mayor Adam Paul
City of Lakewood, CO
Mayor Richard J Kaplan
City of Lauderhill, FL
Mayor Mark Stodola
City of Little Rock, AR
Mayor Robert Garcia
City of Long Beach, CA
Mayor Dennis Coombs
City of Longmont, CO
Mayor Philip Levine
City of Miami Beach, FL
Mayor Tom Barrett
City of Milwaukee, WI
Mayor Mark Gamba
City of Milwaukie, OR
Mayor Betsy Hodges
City of Minneapolis, MN
Mayor Megan Barry
City of Nashville, TN
Mayor Jon Mitchell
City of New Bedford, MA
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
City of New Orleans, LA
Mayor Libby Schaaf
City of Oakland, CA
Mayor Buddy Dyer
City of Orlando, FL
Mayor Greg Scharff
City of Palo Alto, CA
Mayor Jack Thomas
Park City, UT
Mayor Greg Stanton
City of Phoenix, AZ
Mayor William Peduto
City of Pittsburgh, PA
Mayor Ted Wheeler
City of Portland, OR
Mayor Jorge O Elorza
City of Providence, RI
Mayor Hillary Schieve
City of Reno, NV
Mayor Tom Burt
City of Richmond, CA
Mayor Darrell Steinberg
City of Sacramento, CA
Mayor Christopher Coleman
City of Saint Paul, MN
Mayor Jackie Biskupski
Salt Lake City, UT
Mayor Ed Lee
City of San Francisco, CA
Mayor Sam Liccardo
City of San Jose, CA
Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter
City of San Leandro, CA
Mayor Heidi Harmon
City of San Luis Obispo, CA
Mayor Helene Schneider
City of Santa Barbara, CA
Mayor Javier M Gonzales
City of Santa Fe, NM
Mayor Ted Winterer
City of Santa Monica, CA
Mayor Joe Curtatone
City of Somerville, MA
Mayor Scott A Saunders
City of Smithville, TX
Mayor Lyda Krewson
City of St Louis, MO
Mayor Rick Kriseman
City of St Petersburg, FL
Mayor Stephanie A Miner
City of Syracuse, NY
Mayor Kate Stewart
City of Takoma Park, MD
Mayor Andrew Gillum
City of Tallahassee, FL
Mayor Jim Carruthers
Traverse City, MI
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
City of Tucson, AZ
Mayor Muriel Bowser
City of Washington, D.C.
Mayor Oscar Rios
City of Watsonville, CA
Mayor Jeri Muoio
City of West Palm Beach, FL
Mayor Christopher Cabaldon
City of West Sacramento, CA
Mayor Daniel Corona
City of West Wendover, NV
Mayor Allen Joines
City of Winston Salem, NC
 
L

Lonestar

I joined for Erin Brockovich discussion
*List of Cities*
CTRL+F "AL"

no actual results

Figures. I expect them to sign into law a bill banning any city or county from enacting PA measures.
 
V

vonStirlitz

Unconfirmed Member
This is a fantastic new form of democracy, where despite a leader purporting to speak for his people (against sense and the wishes of most of the people he purports to represent), the people say screw it and do the right thing anyway.
 
A

Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
"Get fucked Trump" is basically the new "Thanks Obama"

But yeah, fuck that grotesque piece of shit and everyone who doesn't think the future of the planet is a worthwhile endeavor.
 
Y

Yoshimitsu126

Member
ShadowSwordmaster said:
https://medium.com/@ClimateMayors/c...ld-paris-climate-agreement-goals-ba566e260097
Mayor Eric Garcetti
City of Los Angeles, CA
Mayor Martin J Walsh
City of Boston, MA
Mayor Bill de Blasio
New York City, NY
Mayor Sylvester Turner
City of Houston, TX
Mayor Madeline Rogero
City of Knoxville, TN
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
City of Chicago, IL
Mayor Ed Murray
City of Seattle, WA
Mayor Jim Kenney
City of Philadelphia, PA
Mayor Kasim Reed
City of Atlanta, GA
Mayor Lioneld Jordan
City of Fayetteville, AR
Mayor Kathy Sheehan
City of Albany, NY
Mayor Christopher Taylor
City of Ann Arbor, MI
Mayor Van W Johnson
City of Apalachicola, FL
Mayor Susan Ornelas
City of Arcata, CA
Mayor Esther Manheimer
City of Asheville, NC
Mayor Steve Skadron
City of Aspen, CO
Mayor Steve Adler
City of Austin, TX
Mayor Jesse Arreguin
City of Berkeley, CA
Mayor John Hamilton
City of Bloomington, IN
Mayor Suzanne Jones
City of Boulder, CO
Mayor Miro Weinberger
City of Burlington, VT
Mayor Pam Hemminger
City of Chapel Hill, NC
Mayor Jennifer Roberts
City of Charlotte, NC
Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
City of Chula Vista, CA
Mayor Stephen K Benjamin
City of Columbia, SC
Mayor Jeffrey Cooper
Culver City, CA
Mayor Michael Hancock
City of Denver, CO
Mayor Josh Maxwell
City of Downingtown, PA
Mayor Roy D Buol
City of Dubuque, IA
Mayor William V Bell
City of Durham, NC
Mayor David Kaptain
City of Elgin, IL
Mayor Lucy Vinis
City of Eugene, OR
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson
City of Gary, IN
Mayor Paul Blackburn
City of Hood River, OR
Mayor Steven M Fulop
Jersey City, NJ
Mayor Sly James
Kansas City, MO
Mayor Adam Paul
City of Lakewood, CO
Mayor Richard J Kaplan
City of Lauderhill, FL
Mayor Mark Stodola
City of Little Rock, AR
Mayor Robert Garcia
City of Long Beach, CA
Mayor Dennis Coombs
City of Longmont, CO
Mayor Philip Levine
City of Miami Beach, FL
Mayor Tom Barrett
City of Milwaukee, WI
Mayor Mark Gamba
City of Milwaukie, OR
Mayor Betsy Hodges
City of Minneapolis, MN
Mayor Megan Barry
City of Nashville, TN
Mayor Jon Mitchell
City of New Bedford, MA
Mayor Mitch Landrieu
City of New Orleans, LA
Mayor Libby Schaaf
City of Oakland, CA
Mayor Buddy Dyer
City of Orlando, FL
Mayor Greg Scharff
City of Palo Alto, CA
Mayor Jack Thomas
Park City, UT
Mayor Greg Stanton
City of Phoenix, AZ
Mayor William Peduto
City of Pittsburgh, PA
Mayor Ted Wheeler
City of Portland, OR
Mayor Jorge O Elorza
City of Providence, RI
Mayor Hillary Schieve
City of Reno, NV
Mayor Tom Burt
City of Richmond, CA
Mayor Darrell Steinberg
City of Sacramento, CA
Mayor Christopher Coleman
City of Saint Paul, MN
Mayor Jackie Biskupski
Salt Lake City, UT
Mayor Ed Lee
City of San Francisco, CA
Mayor Sam Liccardo
City of San Jose, CA
Mayor Pauline Russo Cutter
City of San Leandro, CA
Mayor Heidi Harmon
City of San Luis Obispo, CA
Mayor Helene Schneider
City of Santa Barbara, CA
Mayor Javier M Gonzales
City of Santa Fe, NM
Mayor Ted Winterer
City of Santa Monica, CA
Mayor Joe Curtatone
City of Somerville, MA
Mayor Scott A Saunders
City of Smithville, TX
Mayor Lyda Krewson
City of St Louis, MO
Mayor Rick Kriseman
City of St Petersburg, FL
Mayor Stephanie A Miner
City of Syracuse, NY
Mayor Kate Stewart
City of Takoma Park, MD
Mayor Andrew Gillum
City of Tallahassee, FL
Mayor Jim Carruthers
Traverse City, MI
Mayor Jonathan Rothschild
City of Tucson, AZ
Mayor Muriel Bowser
City of Washington, D.C.
Mayor Oscar Rios
City of Watsonville, CA
Mayor Jeri Muoio
City of West Palm Beach, FL
Mayor Christopher Cabaldon
City of West Sacramento, CA
Mayor Daniel Corona
City of West Wendover, NV
Mayor Allen Joines
City of Winston Salem, NC
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I cant find my city there... Does that mean they do t agree to it or they dont need to? I think they sort of have to if they have DisneyLand...
 
D

Damaniel

Banned
Lonestar said:
*List of Cities*
CTRL+F "AL"

no actual results

Figures. I expect them to sign into law a bill banning any city or county from enacting PA measures.
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When it's all done, the usual states will sign on to commit, and the usual states will cling to their belief in the Rapture destroying the Earth anyway and choose not to commit. I'm ashamed we have to be a part of the same country as those people.

Yoshimitsu126 said:
I cant find my city there... Does that mean they do t agree to it or they dont need to? I think they sort of have to if they have DisneyLand...
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It's possible your mayor doesn't support it, or perhaps he or she doesn't care one way or the other.
 
B

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
I don't expect to see any of Wisconsin in there except for Milwaukee, Madison, and maybe Green Bay.

CTRL-F Milwaukee.. word.. I hate this state.. but at least those three areas have their heads on straight.
 
Q

QuantumBro

Banned
Liberal states and cities are going to continue enacting liberal policies and businesses who wish to sell their products/services around the world are going to abide by standards that will allow them to sell their products/services in other countries.

Truly shocking news. Trump's actions are too little too late.
 
S

Souldriver

Member
That list of cities... How many millions of people does that cover already? It seems that half America is already on board.
 
M

MechDX

Member
Mayor Sylvester Turner
City of Houston, TX

Mayor Steve Adler
City of Austin, TX

Mayor Scott A Saunders
City of Smithville, TX
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Of course the city of Southern Oklahoma at Arlington isnt on the list
 
D

Dangansona

Member
If I wanted my mayor to join this movement, what would I send him? Is there an email address or website or anything?

Edit: I mean to provide to my mayor.
 
Y

Yoshimitsu126

Member
Damaniel said:
When it's all done, the usual states will sign on to commit, and the usual states will cling to their belief in the Rapture destroying the Earth anyway and choose not to commit. I'm ashamed we have to be a part of the same country as those people.



It's possible your mayor doesn't support it, or perhaps he or she doesn't care one way or the other.
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I just checked out my Mayor (Tom Tait) and realize he's a republican....

I hate the orange curtain in So Cal. Gonna send him an email.
 
S

ShadowSwordmaster

Banned
Pyrokai said:
Is this list accurate? Columbus, OH, is on the list from this post but not yours. Can't view anything else but your post at the moment with my current mobile connection. Just curious! I need to make sure we (Columbus) indeed are on it.
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I sure the list will be outdate by tonight. I sure there is more cities that support Paris.
 
A

A Grizzly Bear

Member
Dangansona said:
If I wanted my mayor to join this movement, what would I send him? Is there an email address or website or anything?
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There's probably contact information for your Mayor if you google their name. Just send them an email expressing your concerns and urge them to join the other cities refusing to stop progress towards a healthier planet.
 
W

WhiteRabbitEXE

Member
*checks for Phoenix*

Yo! Thank God, because Ducey sure as fuck wasn't going to sign.

Tucson too. Just need Flagstaff for the hat trick.
 
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