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Mobile Users: Click Here to Watch the Video (WNY News Now) The bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance's co-chairs, Governors Kathy Hochul and Michelle Lujan Grisham, have reiterated their coalition's dedication to promoting climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. The co-chairs of the US Climate Alliance, Governors Kathy Hochul and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, sent a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell on Monday, stating unequivocally that the United States will continue to take action on climate change. To make it clear to you and the rest of the world that America will continue its work to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and slash climate pollution, Governors Hochul and Lujan Grisham wrote as co-chairs of the United States Climate Alliance, a ...

(WNY News Now) – New York Attorney General Letitia James, leading a coalition of attorneys general, is pushing the U.S. to adopt stronger international policies to combat plastic pollution at a critical United Nations meeting this month.NEW YORK — Attorney General Letitia James, along with attorneys general from nine other states, has called on the U.S. Department of State to advocate for an ambitious, legally-binding global treaty to curb plastic pollution. In a letter addressed to the department, James praised the U.S. delegation’s recent commitment to supporting plastic production limits and phasing out harmful chemicals, urging further action to confront the escalating plastic crisis.The coalition’s call comes ahead of the fifth session of the United Nations Intergovernmental Negotiati...