President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda to reverse national policies combating global warming has taken direct aim at climate-leading California ... pulling the United States out of the ...

Though California, singled out by Trump, is likely to withstand the attack, the executive order could deter smaller states and cities from taking aggressive action to fight climate change ...

It specifically mentions California ... strip states’ independent constitutional authority,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement on behalf of the United States Climate Alliance ...