Analysis: Cities, states and companies vow to meet US climate goals without Trump. Can they?
Even though President Donald Trump has made good on his pledge to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, there's still a lot the United States can do to help the world live up to the goals of the landmark international agreement.
In announcing his intent to drop out of the deal two years ago, the president inadvertently catalyzed a flurry of climate action among cities, states, businesses and other organizations that remain committed to reducing carbon emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of global warming, experts said.
"That was already going on, but the Trump administration really put that on steroids," said David Victor, a climate policy researcher at the University of California, San Diego.
More than 400 city leaders have joined the Climate Mayors association, and 17 states and territories have
