States Lead the Fight on Climate Change
Nine Midwestern governors and the Canadian province of Manitoba recently signed an agreement to create a regional energy security and greenhouse gas reduction strategy. This coalition is the third regional coalition in North America, joining the Western Climate Initiative and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the northeast. These regional initiatives show that the states continue to be the incubators for real action on global warming. This is no coincidence -- in recent surveys, 81% of Americans have said that the government should do more to combat climate change. If the feds are not going to lead on this issue, they should get out of the way and let the states and these regional coalitions respond to public sentiment by moving forward with innovative approaches to fighting climate change.
Posted by David J. Petersen, partner practicing in the Sustainability and Real Estate & Land Use Practice Groups.
