Two state senators from western Pennsylvania are rejecting President Trump's claim that he represents "Pittsburgh, not Paris" in pulling out of the Paris climate accord by vowing that the Keystone State will keep to its pollution reduction targets set under the international agreement.

Pa. Sen. Jay Costa (D-Allegheny) issued a statement today saying he plans to introduce legislation requiring the state Department of Environmental Protection to adopt the requirements set forth in the Obama Clean Power Plan.

Finalized during the Obama Administration, the plan was designed by the EPA to reduce greenhouse emissions by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, the senator's office noted.

"Like you, Mr. President, I too was elected to represent the people of Pittsburgh - but I'm going to stick to my word," Costa said in the statement. "In the absence of federal leadership, I'm going to take steps to ensure a future for our children, providing an environment where people can grow, thrive and live healthy lives with an expectation that the water they're drinking and the air they're breathing is clean and safe."

Costa's statement noted that with Pa.'s transition from fossil fuels -- most notably, coal -- plus its turn to natural gas production, investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, the state is well positioned to meet the assigned target. He added that the switch also will produce jobs.

"I question why the president would want to stand in the way of progress and put the lives of Americans, especially our children at risk. That would seem in direct conflict with making America great again," Costa said in the statement.

Costa's colleague from the same region, Sen. Wayne Fontana (D-Allegheny), joined him in calling for Pennsylvania to remain under the pollution-cutting mandates set by Obama and memorialized by the Paris accord, despite President Trump's actions to pull the U.S. out of the international agreement earlier this week.

"With the dubious exception of Syria and Nicaragua, all the nations of the world have joined together to do something about climate change," Fontana said. "It's sad and embarrassing that our nation is abandoning this worthy effort - and that our president used Pittsburgh as his example for why he made such a profoundly wrong decision."