With President Donald Trump reportedly pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, heads must be exploding in California's Democratic supermajority State Capitol. However, Trump's decision fulfills a very important campaign promise he made to "cancel" the accord.
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued an Executive Order in 2015 for a drastic new target for greenhouse gas emissions cuts, coinciding with the international Paris Climate Change Treaty. Brown said it was critical to address what he called "an ever-growing threat" posed by global warming to California's economy and well-being. Brown's order went even further than then-President Obama's radical proposals, but aligned with the European Union and United Nations proposals.