Greener Living

What Can US Cities and States Do for the Climate Under Trump? Plenty

Federal progress on climate may stall, but city halls and statehouses are in a good position to build on recent gains. 

Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
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Sharon Lavigne’s life has been cloaked in pollution.

Lavigne is a retired special education teacher from St. James Parish, a region within Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, nicknamed for its high concentration of polluting industries. But that wasn’t on Lavigne’s mind when she went to a community meeting in 2015. A teacher friend had been passed over for a promotion, and she wanted to find out why.