The big wins by Democrats in Tuesday’s elections across the U.S. turned into a rallying cry at an environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro.
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London and co-chair of C40 Cities, a global network of major cities committed to tackling climate change, stayed up all night watching CNN to find out what happened to many of his counterparts in the U.S.
“I don’t apologize for being very happy,” said Khan to applause while speaking Wednesday in Rio. “Every candidate Donald Trump backed lost.”
Democrats registered their largest political gains since a stinging loss to Trump a year ago, racking u
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