Defiant US governors vow to uphold climate act

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Three Democratic governors have said they will not let the United States back away from a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions&comma; despite Donald Trump&&num;8217&semi;s decision to withdraw from an international pact&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;This is an insane move by this president&comma;&&num;8221&semi; California governor Jerry Brown said&comma; blasting the decision as &&num;8220&semi;deviant behaviour from the highest office in the land&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Brown joined governor Jay Inslee of Washington state and Andrew Cuomo of New York to form the US Climate Alliance to uphold the Paris deal&comma; a pact involving nearly 200 nations aimed at slowing the warming of the planet&period; The three states already belong to an emissions reduction pact of states and cities worldwide&comma; but Thursday&&num;8217&semi;s action marked a direct stand against the Trump administration and a formal commitment to upholding the targets of the Paris agreement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Connecticut governor Dan Malloy and Virginia&&num;8217&semi;s Terry McAuliffe also expressed interest in joining the new alliance&period; &&num;8220&semi;We governors are going to step into this cockpit and fly the plane&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Inslee said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;The president wants to ground it &&num;8211&semi; we&&num;8217&semi;re going to fly it&period;&&num;8221&semi; Mr Trump formally announced his decision to leave the historic international agreement after months of teasing the action&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He criticised the pact as a job-killer that put the United States as an unfair advantage&period; 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