US cities states defy Trump still back Paris climate deal
Jerry Brown
Gov. Jerry Brown of California  echoed those comments.
"In the United States  we have a federal system  and states have real power as do cities. And when cities and states combine together  and then join with powerful corporations  that's how we get stuff done "  he  said.
 His  speech was briefly interrupted by anti-coal and anti-fracking protesters  who held up banners and shouted "We're still in! Trump's still out!"
 California Governor Jerry Brown  speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn  Germany  Saturday  Nov. 11  2017.  Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states  cities  colleges  businesses  and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
 California Governor Jerry Brown  speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn  Germany  Saturday  Nov. 11  2017.  Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states  cities  colleges  businesses  and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Gov. Jerry Brown of California  echoed those comments.
"In the United States  we have a federal system  and states have real power as do cities. And when cities and states combine together  and then join with powerful corporations  that's how we get stuff done "  he  said.
 His  speech was briefly interrupted by anti-coal and anti-fracking protesters  who held up banners and shouted "We're still in! Trump's still out![TGT]speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn  Germany  Saturday  Nov. 11  2017.  Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states  cities  colleges  businesses  and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
 [TGT]speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn  Germany  Saturday  Nov. 11  2017.  Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's "America's Pledge" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states  cities  colleges  businesses  and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)