The fight against climate change has taken some big hits in the U.S. as President Donald Trump continues to dismantle environmental regulations and policies.
China, on the other hand, is aggressively moving forward to reduce carbon emissions by increasing renewable energy sources, much like the state of California, which has always led the green tech movement.
So it makes sense that China and California are increasing ties to work together, often times leaving the U.S. government out of the conversation.
Mary Nichols serves under the governor as head of the California Air Resources Board, the state’s clean air agency. She admitted the leadership role by the U.S. on climate change is evaporating.
“The Paris Accord came about because President Obama reached out to China, but the two countries together brought the rest of the nations of the world to the table and got that agreement,” said Nichols. “With the United States now with a leader who wants to pull away from that role, there is this vacuum.”
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