100 businesses, 80 university presidents, three governors and 30 mayors have so far announced their intention to stick with the Paris climate program, with former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg leading the charge. He said after speaking to Emmanuel Macron that “The American government may have pulled out of the agreement, but the American people remain committed to it.” California’s governor Jerry Brown has flown to China to talk about co-ordinating new green technologies being produced by Chinese manufacturers to the state’s strict environmental standards. “California will resist,” he said and he has been joined by New York governor Andrew Cuomo vowing to stick to the Paris commitments regardless of moves by the Trump administration.
For every action, there’s a reaction and the blowback on this looks likely to be considerable.
Mike Bloomberg, 14 Feb 1942 3.40pm Brighton, Mass, has a very fixed and enduring chart, with a New Moon in Aquarius in the 8th and Mercury Venus also in Aquarius; plus a megaton collection of Mars Saturn Uranus in Taurus in his 10th; plus Pluto in Leo in his 1st. Not a man for turning or tangling with.
His Mars Saturn Uranus are all sitting on top of Trump’s Midheaven, so he could inflict a deal of damage and change the course of his career. Bloomberg’s Sun opposes Trump’s Mars, so a definite clash.
Bloomberg does look frustrated and in the mood for a fight with tr Pluto trine his 10th house Mars in 2017/18; though there’ll be setbacks along the way and the struggle won’t get easier with tr Pluto trine his Mars/Saturn midpoint in 2018/19; and then trine his Saturn. But he’s custom built for tough times and won’t easily be pushed off track.