Three U.S. States and British Columbia to Ink Climate Pact

By: Reuters 


The U.S. states, California, Washington State, and Oregon plan to sign climate agreement also with the Canadian province of the British Columbia. (Reuters 1). Governor, Jerry Brown of California planned to host all of these governors of the states and the minister in San Francisco. This agreement is about bringing their climate opinions together and develop an important partnership between these four places. Their goal with this agreement is to improve plans for energy saving and helping the Earth. (Reuters 1).

"The agreement will be based on the recognition that the West Coast is bounded together by a common geography, shared infrastructure and a regional economy with a combined GDP of $2.8 trillion," according to a joint media advisory. In addition, their policies and programs will come together and become stronger. There has been talk that the agreement will also deal with a "carbon pricing component". (Reuters 1). There has been a relationship with Oregon, Washington, and California before. All of these states were apart of the Western Climate Initiative. Overall, this agreement between all of them can really strengthen their environmental programs and between all of them, they can share and bring new ideas to the table to help improve the environment. (Reuters 1)





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