What Happened the Last Time Trump Withdrew From the Paris Agreement
When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the climate agreement in 2017, the move reverberated around the globe. Nearly 200 nations had committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the pact when it was created in 2015, and they had set ambitious targets to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C, and ideally below 1.5°C.
Silicon Valley loudly criticized President Donald Trump when he quit the climate accord in his first term. This time? Crickets.
Trump removed the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement during his first administration, only to have President Joe Biden reverse this decision and rejoin the U.S. to the accords in 2021 when ...
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President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports ...
When our first populist president, Andrew Jackson, claimed that his 1832 reelection constituted a broad mandate for his entire agenda, his nemesis Sen. Henry Clay demurred: “Sir, the truth is, ...
Opinion: Max Boykoff: As Trump forfeits climate leadership, there is no time for climate resignation
No matter the wavering we continue to see in U.S. leadership, the planet will continue to warm as we load it with GHGs.
For malice, you’d have to go a long way to beat the way Trump spent the first few minutes of his speech trashing the record ...
Trump signed a flurry of executive actions on everything from expanding oil and gas to rolling back environmental protections ...
He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords, putting the growth and success of American communities and families ...
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