Hawaii Becomes First US State To Legally Support The Paris Climate Agreement
Source: Buzzfeed
States across the US are vowing to stick with the landmark climate agreement—despite Trump's decision to withdraw.
Posted on June 6, 2017, at 10:07 p.m.
Brianna Sacks
In a sign of solidarity with the global effort to combat climate change, Hawaii became the first state in the US to pass laws enforcing portions of the Paris Climate Accord.
Surrounded by several of Hawaii's elected officials Tuesday, Gov. David Ige signed two bills that will expand "strategies and mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide" and find ways to better capture and store "atmospheric carbon dioxide to mitigate climate change," a process known as carbon sequestration.
“Hawaii is committed to environmental stewardship, and we look forward to working with other states to fight global climate change," Ige said.
The two laws incorporate sections of the Paris agreement, giving the state "legal basis to continue adaptation and mitigation strategies for Hawai‘i, despite the federal government’s withdrawal from the treaty,” State Sen. Majority Leader J. Kalani English, who introduced one of the bills, said in a statement.
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