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posted by martyb on Friday June 02 2017, @03:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the promises-kept dept.

[Ed Note: What follows is the official press release from President Donald Trump at the White House. It marks the official stance of the United States pulling out of the Paris Agreement. Though there is certainly a political aspect to this, I would like to see if we can try to avoid political bickering and focus discussion on the actual details of the press release. See, also, our previous coverage, Report: Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Agreement. --martyb]

From the desk of President Donald J. Trump

For Immediate Release

June 01, 2017

President Trump Puts American Jobs First

“Our government rushed to join international agreements where the United States pays the costs and bears the burdens while other countries get the benefit and pay nothing.” – President Donald J. Trump

ALREADY THE WORLD’S ENERGY LEADER: The United States had already become the leader in cutting CO2 emissions while still leading in oil & gas production.

  • In the United States, energy related carbon dioxide emissions have significantly declined since before the Paris Climate Accord was negotiated, and will continue to decline as a share of worldwide emissions, particularly when compared to other nations such as China and India.
    • The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2017 Annual Energy Outlook reports that, from 2005 to 2016, energy related carbon dioxide emissions fell at an average annual rate of 1.4%.
    • Emissions are projected to continue to fall from 2016 to 2040. 
    • Meanwhile, the EIA reports that emissions in the developing world are expected to double their 2005 levels by 2040.
  • According to recent U.S. Energy Information Administration, the United States remained the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas combined.
  • The United States continues to be a world leader in energy, but increased competition from countries like China demonstrates the need for policies that enable America to compete on a global scale.

HARMFUL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: The Paris Climate Accord could cost the United States economy millions of jobs and trillions of dollars in economic output over the next several decades.

  • According to an analysis by National Economic Research Associates (NERA), meeting President Obama’s commitment under the Paris Climate Accord would cost the United States nearly $3 trillion by 2040.
    • By 2040, the American economy could have 6.5 million fewer industrial sector jobs, including 3.1 million fewer manufacturing jobs.
    • Industries such as cement, iron and steel, coal, natural gas, and petroleum would be forced to cut production under President Obama’s Paris Climate Accord.

SHOULDERING THE BURDEN: Under the Paris Climate Accord, the United States would carry the burden while other countries would get the benefits.

  • Under the Obama Administration, which signed an agreement without having to deal with the economic repercussions, the United States was committed to reducing CO2 emissions by between 26 and 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.
    • Meanwhile China can continue to increase emissions for the next 13 years.
  • The United States already contributed $1 billion to a UN Green Climate Fund. This would increase to $3 billion under pledges made by the previous Administration.

INEFFECTIVE: Even if every nation fully complied with the Paris Climate Accord, it would barely impact the climate.

  • According to researchers from MIT, if every nation that signed the Paris Climate Accord met all of their commitments until the end of the century, the impact on the climate would be negligible.

PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is fulfilling his promise to the American people to stop international agreements that disadvantage the United States.

  • May 26, 2016, then-candidate Trump:
    • “President Obama entered the United States into the Paris Climate Accords— unilaterally, and without the permission of Congress.”
    • “So foreign bureaucrats are going to be controlling what we are using and what we are doing on our land in our country. No way.”

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  • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 02 2017, @04:17AM (7 children)

    by SanityCheck (5190) on Friday June 02 2017, @04:17AM (#519196)

    Jesus Christ he is getting torn to shreds by Meme Jihadis and normies alike.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @04:47AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @04:47AM (#519207)

    What does "normies" mean ?

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @05:04AM (5 children)

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 02 2017, @05:04AM (#519213) Journal

      It's something edgy edgelords of extreme edginess like this jackoff call people they believe to be insufficiently edgy. The irony is that the kind of person who thinks "normie" is an insult with any weight is, in almost any social/economic/cultural measure you can think of, almost certainly close enough to the mean to stand atop the peak of the distribution.

      --
      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Friday June 02 2017, @05:25AM (2 children)

        by cubancigar11 (330) on Friday June 02 2017, @05:25AM (#519222) Homepage Journal

        So do you use this word?

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Friday June 02 2017, @05:43AM

          by aristarchus (2645) on Friday June 02 2017, @05:43AM (#519225) Journal

          "So, whose brain was it"
          "Abby someone, . . . Abby Normal, yeah, that's what it was!"

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @06:07PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday June 02 2017, @06:07PM (#519487) Journal

          Only in one context: when one of said edgelords accuses someone else of being one. My response is typically some variant of "Hate to break this to you, but given you're white, middle class, American, and upholding the status quo, *you* are the "normie," not your target. In case you need this explained to you, supporting the status quo is by definition the least rebellious thing you can do."

          This generally happens when people go "ooooh lookit me, being all politically incorrent! so edgy! so rebellious! Cuck cuck cuck faggot cuck libtard hurr hurr!"

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Friday June 02 2017, @11:51AM (1 child)

        by SanityCheck (5190) on Friday June 02 2017, @11:51AM (#519313)

        It's perfectly fine to be a normie. Some of my best friends are normies.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:03PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @07:03PM (#519940)

          Did you just try to "some of my best friends are black" your way out of that?
          Hilarious!