Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Attorney General TJDonovan joined with 13 other Attorneys General in signing a letter to President Trump urging that the United States reconfirm its commitment to the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement on climate change was negotiated under American leadership and adopted by the vast majority of the world’s countries at the COP21 in Paris last December. All the ratifying countries vowed to work to address and limit climate change.
In the letter, the Attorneys General note that climate change is a threat to national security, the economy and every citizen’s health and well-being, and urge the President to maintain the United States’ commitment to the groundbreaking agreement:
“The Paris Agreement, by securing commitments from countries the world over, reflects this collective interdependency and constitutes an unprecedented global effort to address a problem threatening the well-being of everyone on Earth. The United States showed exemplary leadership in the years-long effort to secure the Paris Agreement, and our Nation should continue to lead by fulfilling its promise to abide by and implement this historic accord.”
Joining Attorney General Donovanon the letterare the Attorneys General of Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia and American Samoa.
Vermont AG: April 25, 2017