Scott backs U.S. Climate Alliance

Gov. Phil Scott announced Friday that Vermont will join the U.S. Climate Alliance.The alliance is a bipartisan coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement — in spite of Republican President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to walk away from the deal.Scott and fellow Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker issued a letter to Trump last month urging the president to back the agreement, which would have reduced U.S. carbon emissions by 26 percent.On Friday