States: California governor signs clean energy pacts with China

California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is signing a series of clean energy technology development deals with Chinese officials, the latest coming with Chinese President Xi Jinping and the country's minister of science and technology, with the governor touting the efforts as trailblazing on climate change amid retreats by the Trump administration. “California is the leading economic state in America and we are also the pioneering state on clean technology, cap-and-trade, electric vehicles and batteries, but we can’t do it alone,”...