Ex-EPA head urges US to resist Trump attacks on climate action: ‘We won’t become numb’

Expanded climate action from cities and states could slash planet-heating pollution despite Trump working against itAhead of next month’s major United Nations climate talks in Brazil, Gina McCarthy, the former Environmental Protection Agency head, said US cities and states are keeping the climate fight alive despite an all-out assault from the Trump administration.“We will not allow our country to become numb or debilitated by those who are standing in the way of progress,” she said on a press call early Thursday. Continue reading...