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Report: Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Agreement

posted by n1 on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:44AM   
from the Smart-move!-Very-good-for-America. dept.

John Miller writes:

President Donald Trump plans to make good on his campaign vow to withdraw the United States from a global pact to fight climate change, a source briefed on the decision said on Wednesday, a move that promises to deepen a rift with U.S. allies.

White House officials cautioned that details were still being hammered out and that, although close, the decision on withdrawing from the 195-nation accord - agreed to in Paris in 2015 - was not finalized.

[...] The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump was working out the terms of the planned withdrawal with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, an oil industry ally and climate change doubter.

[...] The CEOs of Dow Chemical Co, ExxonMobil Corp, Unilever NV and Tesla Inc all urged Trump to remain in the agreement, with Tesla's Elon Musk threatening to quit White House advisory councils of which he is a member if the president pulls out.

Source: Reuters

On Twitter, Trump indicated that an announcement was coming soon.

"I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days," he wrote. "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

[...] Opponents of the climate deal were concerned after White House economic advisor Gary Cohn told reporters that the president was "evolving on the issue" during his trip overseas.

His daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly channelled support for the deal behind the scenes at the White House, encouraging climate change activists that Trump might change his mind. Trump's Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former Exxon CEO, also supported remaining in the treaty.

Source: Brietbart

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• Other reactions Other reactions (Score: 4, Interesting) by c0lo on Thursday June 01 2017, @05:27AM (1 child)

  by c0lo (156) on Thursday June 01 2017, @05:27AM (#518714) Journal

  On climate change, who needs Donald Trump? [politico.eu]

  Investors, energy suppliers, technology giants, carmakers, mayors, governors and many others are already betting on green opportunities. That will continue with or without Washington.

  Paris climate deal: EU and China rebuff Trump [bbc.com]

  Trump ‘Covfefe’ Tweet More Searched Than Paris Climate Agreement [fortune.com]

  UN calls climate action 'unstoppable' as Trump threatens to withdraw from Paris Agreement [independent.co.uk]

  Is the Paris deal better off without Trump's America? [businessinsider.com.au]

  Obviously, taking the US out of the accord reduces our ability to lead on reducing carbon emissions — but the US wasn’t likely to provide much leadership on that under Trump, in or out of the accord.
  Trump’s choice to exit might increase political pressure within other countries to act on climate change. This effect would be similar to the surprising way Trump seems to be strengthening the European Union and depressing support for Euroskeptic parties in Europe.
  Trump is globally unpopular, and he tends to bring discredit on the causes with which he associates himself. When Trump endorses nationalist political parties, voters become less inclined to support them...
  ...
  If the US remains in the agreement, we could blast past our own emission targets and show the agreement to be toothless. The Trump administration could also seek to further weaken the agreement in negotiations over its implementation.

  Given these facts, why wouldn’t Exxon want Trump to stay in? Right now, Trump is inside the climate change tent pissing in. If we pull out of the agreement, he’ll be outside the tent, pissing somewhere else.

  If the US leaves Paris, the agreement will be left with members who are, on average, more committed to following it and more likely to take actions unfavorable to companies like Exxon — and Trump won’t have any influence over how the agreement works.

  Trump Can’t Stop Corporate America From Fighting Climate Change [slate.com]
  Sustainability is good for business. Pulling out of the Paris Agreement won’t change that.

  European Commission: Trump 'can't just leave' climate deal [washingtonexaminer.com]

  The commission president said withdrawing from the Paris Agreement would take Trump down a three- to four-year process of withdrawal. So the direct action Trump is promising is impossible.

  "So this notion, 'I am Trump, I am American, America First and I'm going to get out of it' — that won't happen," Juncker said.

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

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• ''already betting on green opportunities'' (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @07:28AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @07:28AM (#518739)

  Yeah. I saw several headlines like that today.

  Another one that struck me was
  Trump's reported exit from Paris climate deal signals end of the American Century
  There have been more similar to that one since 2017/01/20.

  -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

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