'Still a Valuable Act': Professors Discuss North Carolina's Commitment to U.S. Climate Alliance

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Sept. 20 that North Carolina will join 13 other states and Puerto Rico in the U.S. Climate Alliance—a bipartisan coalition committed to upholding the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Faculty Fellow Billy Pizer told The Chronicle that North Carolina's commitment to a state-level climate change alliance is mostly a symbolic gesture but still a meaningful one. He said a state-level alliance demonstrates the diversity of perspectives in the United States on climate change mitigation, especially when the federal government deviates from its original climate commitment.