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[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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
(Score: 4, Informative) by jmorris on Friday June 02 2017, @05:16AM (14 children)
Patience grasshopper. So far when Trump checks off a promise it has been the real deal. And yes, we must make sure he knows we are still watching.
Other than a full national reciprocal carry, we don't actually need many new laws. And look at gun sales, they have plummeted so nobody is worried about any backsliding into gungrabbing New York thought patterns. NRA was one his first major endorsements, he ain't fool enough to think he can double cross those guys. They are THE single issue interest group.
Things on the border are getting sorted out. Jeff Sessions is getting his grip on the machinery and I certainly trust him to do what is required. And again, -they- believe, the numbers are way down and reports of "self deportation" are starting to appear.
Some of that was bargaining position walked back even before the election. And the rest is held up in the courts for now. Soon. Although I'm starting to think the only way to unconstipate the courts is going to be giving most of the 9th Circus helicopter rides....
Grade there is still incomplete / not started yet. But he does remind people that he hasn't forgot. Note that he already has both Canada and Mexico on record agreeing in principle to renegotiate. Who would have thought that would happen without lots of shouting.
He is waiting to see if China will play ball. If they deal with the Nork problem it is probably worth trading a pass on the currency thing for. Because if China can't solve it there are no other peaceful options left after Clinton, Bush and Obama punted. And that should frighten any sane person. War in Korea will be a nightmare, second in horror only to Norks with fully weaponized Nukes.
Oh I dunno, looks like the world got the memo you missed. They are pissed, they are bitching and moaning, but they are respecting our authoritah like they haven't in eight years.
You left out the part where NATO agreed to cure Trumps major objections. They are willing to work on the terror problem and have agreed to step up to their obligations instead of letting Uncle Sap pay for everything.
Bids for test sections have been let and work commencing. Grade: In Progress.
These two are beyond Trump's individual powers. Now we have to pressure the feckless weasels in the Republican Caucus to fulfil their promises. Promises they never, ever, intended to keep btw. But they probably will. Now. Because of Trump and fear of his voters.
And btw, for all the bluster from certain European capitals tonight, there will of course be negotiations. They won't reopen the Paris talks of course but there will be future negotiations. Remember Trump's mantra is we had been making BAD deals and he is right. Obama especially enjoyed making the worst deal possible because he hates us.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @05:22AM (2 children)
Your desperate struggle and failure to refute anything in that post is pretty funny.
Its so obvious how deeply committed you are to the emperror with no clothes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @06:54AM (1 child)
And your inability to refute any of his points immediately discredits your inane response.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @02:23PM
You can't respond to opinionated rhetoric, there are no facts to debate. Jmorris has nothing besides blind hope that Trump is a 72D chess master. It is laughable that anyone believes in the con man president.
I hope he gets impeached just so idiots like yourself have no more recourse and either get with reality or snap so we can lock you in a padded cell.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @06:30AM (5 children)
We need to flip the law around for gun mufflers. Guns made after 2018 should be sold only with mufflers capable of a minimum of 45 dB noise reduction. The gun mufflers themselves should be fully unrestricted items, available for anybody to purchase without ID in any state.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Friday June 02 2017, @07:48AM (2 children)
Ok, good one. But didn't we already open up silencer sales? I'm seeing ads for em on TV, never used to. Of course I never really saw firearm ads at all on TV so maybe that is just on TheBlaze. It comes outta Texas, it really is a whole other country.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @08:31AM (1 child)
It's like pot. Federal law says no, but states have passed laws that purport to legalize it. Federal enforcement is spotty.
This is a horrible situation. It undermines the rule of law via selective enforcement. The last time we let this get out of hand, we even got a civil war.
We're going down a very bad path if we can't or won't uniformly enforce the law as written. We need to enforce federal law, even if we don't happen to like the law, while working to change the laws we hate.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Friday June 02 2017, @03:12PM
Even when the law is illegal? Not seeing it.
(Score: 2) by SpockLogic on Friday June 02 2017, @02:50PM (1 child)
It is vitally important that we protect the hearing of gun owners and every one around them. Make fixed suppressors mandatory and removal a capital offense. Make 45 dB the maximum allowable sound and no firearm can be sold that exceeds this limit. Seems more than reasonable, can't be too careful you know.
Should I add "Think of the children", yes, that should do it.
Overreacting is one thing, sticking your head up your ass hoping the problem goes away is another - edIII
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @01:31AM
If somebody's firing somewhere that bystanders aren't using hearing protection, you've probably got a bigger problem. Of course that would require addressing the socioeconomic factors that lead to people shooting up places, which Republicans have no interest in even trying to fix. Republicans seem to be, at the moment, the party of trying their damnedest to make everything worse. I think the Libertarians have a pretty good idea how to improve those socioeconomic factors, but the Greens are probably more comprehensive in this area. All the D team does is make some of the right noises from time to time and not a lot else.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 02 2017, @02:30PM (3 children)
Every time I try to read someone's opinion that I disagree with on this site, they say dumb things like this -
I bet youre the first a-hole shouting about Kathy Griffin.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Friday June 02 2017, @06:14PM (1 child)
Actually, I wouldn't be offended by it at all, giving a D-List nobody a week of coverage was as dumb as what the attention whore did, i.e. we fed the troll. But I now totally support destroying her career over it because I am a believer in Alinsky's Rules. Especially the one that says "Make the Enemy live by his own book of rules." As someone on the Right I don't get to make the rules, but we are discovering we can demand they be equally enforced and should do so. A left celebutard like her would be the first into a twitter rage mob pile on for some random schlub in Iowa who won't make a gay wedding cake, forwarded the wrong email joke, a rodeo clown wearing an Obama mask, or some other retarded invented offense so she should not be permitted to object as the ragemob pressures venues to cancel her tour.
Only by pain will the Left be motivated to change the rules so people's lives aren't destroyed by offending somebody. Appealing to their better nature, reason etc. won't work because the left lacks those properties. But aversion to pain is universal so we must make it hurt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @12:23PM
Its pretty funny how you try to have your cake and eat it too.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday June 02 2017, @06:46PM
J-Mo is a full-on fascist. He's not joking or trolling; he really believes things like this.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 03 2017, @03:19AM
> So far when Trump checks off a promise it has been the real deal.
Right (sneering) -- like the big White House party after the House passed their health care bill. Which means nothing since the Senate is hard at work on a completely different bill.
Trump declares a win and then moves on to the next smoke screen, in hopes that you don't notice that the first "win" was really a big loss. He's done this most of his life and is really good at staying half a step in front of everyone. You have to peer through the smoke to see what is actually happening--which is really very simple: he and his family are robbing us all blind.