As Lone Federal Official At U.N. Talks, Whitehouse Aims To Lift Climate Push

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who is the sole federal policymaker at this year’s United Nations climate meeting, is joining state and local officials and business groups in trying to convince other countries that the Trump administration’s reversal of many climate policies does not align with the majority of the American public. The Trump administration “simply does not represent the American public on climate issues -- in fact, they’re not even close,” Whitehouse said during a Nov. 14 press call from...