[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.
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.
SHOULDERING THE BURDEN: Under the Paris Climate Accord, the United States would carry the burden while other countries would get the benefits.
INEFFECTIVE: Even if every nation fully complied with the Paris Climate Accord, it would barely impact the climate.
PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is fulfilling his promise to the American people to stop international agreements that disadvantage the United States.
(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.