From Crosscut: “MEXICO CITY — Continuing his defiant tone following the presidential election, Mayor Ed Murray insisted that Seattle will continue to press forward on climate change whatever the policies of the Trump administration. On his first official trip to Mexico as mayor, Murray spoke alongside other U.S. mayors at an international climate change summit in the Mexican capital, where he also signed a cooperation agreement with Mexico City.
‘We will continue to work with cities around the world on this very important issue,’ Murray said alongside the mayors of Austin, Phoenix, Portland, and Washington, D.C. at the C40 Mayors Summit. ‘We’re not naïve about the political environment that we face going forward. But we actually believe that we can offer leadership. We’re not going to step back.”’