Policy

Photo by llee_wu/(CC BY-ND 2.0) Article by Monishaa Suresh   While the United States was being hit with record-breaking natural

It is concerning that the administrator of the EPA, an organization whose mission is to “protect human health and the environment,” is seemingly working against just that by meeting with lobbyists and executives from large coal-burning corporations.

Like all other nations in the G20, the United States still had some form of NDCs on the topic of climate change as it would continue to “endeavor to work closely with other countries to help them access and use fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently and help deploy renewable and other clean energy sources, given the importance of energy access and security in their nationally-determined contributions.”

Hawaii has also joined other states, Washington, California, Virginia and New York, that remain committed to the goals set in Paris. While the actions of one state alone may not make up for the effects that could be achieved as a nation, Governor Ige’s actions prove that regardless of our administration’s stance on climate change, Americans are still willing to do what it takes to combat the effects of climate change however they can.