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MASS. bill taps tax refunds for climate-vulnerable countries
By emily hayes, net zero insider
MASSACHUSETTS COULD BE THE FIRST STATE to allow residents to donate their tax refunds to help developing nations build resilient communities.
MASSachussetts may become first state to send money to low-income countries to deal with climate change
By Rachel M. Cohen, in these times
A GROUNDBREAKING BILL would provide funding from U.S. residents to help developing nations respond to the climate crisis.
How Massachusetts can counteract trump's anti-climate agenda
By abby Maxman, President & CEO, Oxfam America
EARLIER THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED HIS INTENT to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. However, we, the citizens and taxpayers of Massachusetts, have the opportunity to take action and make a difference in the lives of those most vulnerable to climate change...
Massachusetts should do more to finance climate abroad.
By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Peter Fox-Penner, and Benito Muller
BY PROPOSING TO SLASH FEDERAL SPENDING to combat climate change, President Trump has declared war on our ability to deal with a very real, existential global problem that cannot be solved by building walls...
U.S. Cities and States Back Paris Deal but ignore climate finance
By karl mathiesen
A WAVE OF ANTI-TRUMP, PRO-CLIMATE ENTHUSIASM has washed across the US since president Donald Trump decided to abandon the Paris climate agreement...
Trump dumps Paris: now what
By timmons roberts
THE WAITING IS OVER: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS APPARENTLY PULLING the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change...
if the Us states are really "still in" paris, here's what they need to do
By benito Muller, felipe floresca, and emilie parry
ACROSS THE US, JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, there is a growing realization that climate change is a serious issue that needs to be tackled...