Some of the recommendations in the report do not differ all that much from what already is in place, said Joanne Pérodin, Vice President of Programs at The CLEO Institute, a Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to climate education and advocacy. She also pointed out that state and local governments already are leaders in any recovery after a disaster.
"What is clear to me is that this issue is no longer niche. It is central. Energy cost, utility accountability and climate impacts are moving to the center of the national political conversation, and voters are feeling it. They’re starting to connect the dots."
Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and removing the U.S. from global climate initiatives such as the agreement’s long-term temperature goal was a careless choice, but not a surprising one.
“The Trump Administration is hiding the facts and hoping that the issues will be ignored — out of sight, out of mind. But, simply dismantling the data does NOT make the issues go away. We are just made uninformed making these challenges harder to address,” said Susan Glickman with The CLEO Institute, a Miami-based climate action nonprofit.
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