Nine other states and Washington, D.C. have also reportedly said that they plan to abide by the guidelines of the Paris agreement.
Bangladesh, though not a contributor in global warming, was one of the first countries to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt refused to say whether he and Trump discussed the world's rising temperatures before the President withdrew from the global effort.
Tapper then asked Haley to address whether Trump still believed climate change was a hoax.
Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, an architect of the Paris climate accord, Sunday blasted President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the agreement to cut carbon emissions.
The move stirred criticism, with world leaders, climate change experts and rights groups expressing disappointment.
Mr. Trump announced Thursday that he is pulling the US out of the Paris agreement, which was one of President Obama's major achievements in office. The statement is meant to demonstrate to other nations that US businesses and local governments remain on board, no matter what the president does.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks to the staff at the USA embassy in Ankara on May 23, 2017. And so that's as clear as I know to give it. He said participating in the pact would undermine the USA economy, wipe out jobs, weaken national sovereignty and put his country at a permanent disadvantage. Bloomberg told French leaders the US remains committed to the Paris treaty.
"Just because the USA got out of a club doesn't mean we aren't going to care about the environment", Haley said.
It has been hard to pin down whether Trump does or does not believe in climate change.
"President Trump isolated the United States with this reckless and indefensible decision, but if he won't lead, the American people will", Gore said.
On Friday, French officials released a video that re-edited a previous 40-second video put out by the Trump administration that denigrated the Paris climate change agreement.
Led by former NY mayor Mike Bloomberg, almost 1,000 business and government leaders declared Monday their intent to honor the Paris climate accord, days after US President Donald Trump announced a US exit from the 190-plus nation pact. "It was not possible to meet the goals had we attempted to".
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