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Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is Possible. These State-Level Plans Show How. Windmills produce renewable energy in the Mojave Desert outside of Lancaster, California. Visions of America / Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images By When it comes to climate change, state governments across the United States have been way ahead of the federal government in providing leadership toward reducing carbon pollution and building a clean energy economy. For example, when Trump announced in 2017 his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the governors of California, Washington and New York pledged to support the international agreement, and by 2019, more than 20 other states ended up joining this alliance to combat global warming.

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