National action on climate change is likely out the window with Donald Trump’s win, but Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says the city will keep up its own work.
Atlanta has green requirements for city buildings and is putting solar panels on some of them. It’s adding electric vehicles to its fleet. And it requires large commercial buildings to track their energy and water use.
“There are so many things that cities can do that don’t have anything to do with state governments or federal governments,” Reed said. “I really don’t think, as tough as the politics are nationally, that folks are going to stop cities from doing what we can do on climate.”
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