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involved on the environment --- Moniz being the 4th. Considering the intelligence and commitment of those 4 all passionately working to get things done, I would imagine that it does make her sick -- all of them spoke of the disregard for science.
However, it seems that the international agreements on this are real and are hurt by the US being terrible, but they still form a turning point and we can go forward faster when we get a different President. On the EPA -- I think EVERYTHING they changed was via executive order or an administrative order. That means -- the list is there -- and a good president can change them back.
I would bet that because coal is no longer economic -- there is no way someone wanting to build a new power plant would not consider that if they don't follow the state of the art , there is a real risk that they will have to spend a lot of money to get them to meet standards in a few years. Given that they are NOT cheaper, why create dirtier energy and run that risk?
By the way, Boston will be hosting a climate change summit for mayors on June 7th, the day before Marty Walsh is hosting the international conference of mayors June 8-11. Kerry will be the keynote speaker and McCarthy will be speaking as well.
This paragraph goes to your question -- the State Department cancelled a similar summit announced by the SD in 2016:
Walsh decided to hold the summit after the U.S. State Department told him a meeting of the world's mayors to discuss climate change wasn't a priority. That meeting, announced in 2016, had been scheduled for 2017.
http://www.wbur.org/news/2018/05/09/boston-climate-summit
Here's Bos.com - far less info -- although they do mention that Kerry and McCarthy are both MA natives.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2018/05/28/boston-hosting-mayors-summit-on-climate-change
Here is an article that tries to look at what success the mayors have had in the last year. The sharing of experience and pooling together seem important.
https://www.curbed.com/2018/5/30/17411024/paris-accord-climate-change-climate-mayors
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