House Democrats Highlight State Climate Efforts Amid Trump Inaction

As part of their initial blitz of Capitol Hill hearings on climate change, House Democrats are seeking to spotlight efforts by a bipartisan group of state officials to both fight global warming and adapt to its impacts, contrasting those policies with the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks and its spurning of international commitments. The dynamic was on display at a Feb. 6 hearing hosted by the Natural Resources Committee, which featured testimony from two East Coast governors, North Carolina Gov. Roy...