Republican electoral victories Tuesday cast doubt over whether the US would enact any significant measures to curb planet-heating emissions in the near-term.<br />States were still tallying results on Wednesday as the Trump administration officially withdrew from the Paris climate agreement.<br />According to HuffPost, that makes the US the only country to exit the nonbinding global pact to cut climate-changing carbon emissions.<br />In Montana and Texas, climate-change-denying candidates cruised to victory.<br />While many Senate and House races remain undecided, two sunny spots for climate advocates and environmentalists were in Arizona and in Colorado.<br />Democrat Mark Kelly handily beat Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally. Kelly made tackling climate change a key part of his platform.<br />And in Colorado, former governor and 2020 presidential contender John Hickenlooper ousted Republican Sen. Cory Gardner.<br />Claiming to be a 'national leader' on climate, Gardner consistently peddles the conspiracy theory that environmentalists are plotting to control the economy.
