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Report: Trump Plans to Exit Paris Climate Agreement

posted by n1 on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:44AM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:03PM (#518911)

    BP, Shell, EM all support staying in it.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 01 2017, @04:15PM (#518913)

    That's PR since Paris is so popular with voters. It doesn't stop them from benefiting in the short term from a retreat. They get to have their cake and eat it too by publicly supporting it even when trump cancels it. Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon until he became SecState is a "luke-warmer" [senate.gov] which means he gives empty lip-service to global warming, but his actual policy positions boil down to doing nothing because "the science isn't settled."