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Environmental groups believe Tillerson’s confirmation sends the message that the new administration and Senate do not take climate change seriously.

Renewable energy is becoming ever cheaper to produce, leading to an influx of clean energy investment which now receives twice as much global funding as fossil fuels. Thus, environmentalists argue the United States should instead commit to renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power.

It is in some ways ironic that Trump has appointed a man who is currently taking legal action against the EPA to become the EPA chief administrator. Pruitt is a part of a group of attorneys general that is suing the EPA for the Clean Power Plan. The plan is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

Gore told reporters after the meeting. However, Monday evening he appeared on MSNBC and said, “It is no secret that Ivanka Trump is very committed to having a climate policy that makes sense for our country and for our world.”

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry alluded to the need to set politics aside in the fight against climate change during his speech as the conference in which he said, “No one has a right to make decisions that affect billions of people based on solely ideology or without proper input.’’

The movement to fight climate change and to preserve our planet for future generations may need to be led by the people for the time being, but the forces behind current environmental efforts shows that we are more than capable of continuing progress.

Leaders and representatives from 197 nations wrapping up twenty second annual Conference of the Parties (COP22) and the twelfth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Marrakech, Morocco.