{"id":16203,"date":"2017-06-02T13:41:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/im-not-going-to-lie-this-makes-me-pretty-happy-after-a-lot-of-terrible-environment-related-news\/"},"modified":"2017-06-02T13:41:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:41:33","slug":"im-not-going-to-lie-this-makes-me-pretty-happy-after-a-lot-of-terrible-environment-related-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/im-not-going-to-lie-this-makes-me-pretty-happy-after-a-lot-of-terrible-environment-related-news\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm not going to lie: this makes me pretty happy after a lot of terrible environment-related news"},"content":{"rendered":"

"Americans will honor and fulfill the Paris Agreement by leading from the bottom up – and there isn't anything Washington can do to stop us," Bloomberg said.<\/i><\/p>\n

Actually, let me take that "not going to lie" a bit further: I cried a little when I read this, grateful and a little shocked.<\/p>\n

I don't know much about Bloomberg (though I like what I do know); I certainly don't know if he's a good person or not.<\/p>\n

But the guy just stepped up and promised concrete action to protect my kids, and a ball of tension I didn't even realize I was holding unwound a little.<\/p>\n

‘Washington can’t stop Americans’: Michael Bloomberg pledges to pay US share of Paris climate funding<\/a>
US billionaire Michael Bloomberg has offered $15 million to UN efforts to tackle climate change after President Donald Trump announced he is pulling the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

"Americans will honor and fulfill the Paris Agreement by leading from the bottom up – and there isn't anything Washington can do to stop us," Bloomberg said. Actually, let me take that "not going to lie" a bit further: I cried a little when I read this, grateful and a little shocked. I don't know … <\/p>\n

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