Governor Polis called a pair of climate executive orders President Trump signed on Tuesday a “backward-looking approach.”
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President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday targeting state and local climate laws that could potentially target Colorado’s ambitious plans to curb planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
But Governor Polis and Will Toor, head of the state’s energy office, said Colorado would keep pursuing climate-friendly policies and a transition to renewable energy. A separate order signed Tuesday by President Trump aimed to revive the nation’s coal industry.
