WASHINGTON, D.C.: Citing climate-damaging tailpipe emissions, 23 governors in the United States have signed a pledge backing California leaders in their showdown with the Trump administration over its plans to relax vehicle mileage standards.

The stand by leaders of states and Puerto Rico — nearly all Democrats — comes as the Trump administration moves to freeze tougher mileage standards laid out by former president Barack Obama, in one of the previous administration’s key efforts against climate change.

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