Only someone who is corrupted by making money would not believe in climate change unless they are completely ignorant!
In otherwords, anyone who doesn't believe in climate change is lying through their teeth if they are educated people here on earth.
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Trump in hot seat over climate change
Ted Cruz: Trump should withdraw from climate pact
Trump expected to withdraw from Paris climate agreement
Story highlights
- The precise mechanism for withdrawal hasn't yet been determined
- A formal announcement is expected at some point this week
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement,
two senior US officials familiar with his plans told CNN Wednesday, a
major break from international partners that would isolate the United
States in global efforts to curb global warming.
The decision, which will be announced this week, would put the US at odds with nearly every other nation on earth, who signed onto the 2015 carbon reduction plan.
It would reflect a major reversal of the Obama administration's efforts
on climate change. And it could trigger further efforts to erode the
landmark climate accord.
The
precise mechanism for withdrawal hasn't yet been determined, and White
House officials cautioned the plans could change until Trump makes his
decision public. Language for the withdrawal was still being prepared
Wednesday, and will likely include specific legal conditions crafted by
Trump's administration.
In
conversations over the past week, Trump has made clear he plans to
fulfill his campaign promises to withdraw from the carbon reduction
agreement, citing negative effects on jobs in the areas where he won a
large percentage of the vote, including states in the Rust Belt and the
western plains.
But
Trump has changed his mind in the past on major issues, and was still
speaking to opponents of withdrawal even as his team prepared an
announcement. He is set to meet Wednesday afternoon with Secretary of
State Rex Tillerson, who supports remaining in the agreement. On
Tuesday, Trump met with a key voice advocating for withdrawal,
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt.
"I
will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few
days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" Trump tweeted Wednesday as reports
emerged about his decision to withdraw.
The
Paris climate agreement was established during a 2015 conference in the
French capital. Every nation signed on minus two: war-torn Syria and
Nicaragua, who insists the deal isn't tough enough. In signing onto the
accord, countries pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but were
given wide leeway in how much they planned to reduce them by.
The
President's decision comes after months of internal debate and
speculation about what Trump, who campaigned on leaving the deal, would
do once he took office. Trump faced intense pressure on both sides,
including from his senior advisers and family.
The White House was initially slated to make a final decision on the climate accord
earlier this month, but delayed the decision until the G7 meeting in
Sicily. At the summit, leaders expressed dismay at Trump's climate
stance. After the meetings concluded, the US refused to sign onto a
statement of support for the Paris accord that all other G7 participants
approved.
German
Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters the climate conversations were
unsatisfying. The leaders of the other G7 nations -- France, Japan,
Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy -- all urged Trump to remain a part
of the 2015 agreement.
Aides
to Trump said he was listening with an open mind to the other leaders'
arguments about Paris, but didn't feel obligated to heed their calls to
remain within the pact. After he returned to Washington, Trump lashed
out at Merkel over other matters, including NATO funding and Germany's
trade deficit.
Trump's
expected decision to withdraw was likely to raise further questions
about US credibility abroad. Tillerson had argued to Trump in their
discussions about Paris that scrapping the agreement could damage US
negotiating power. Other major powers, including China, have signaled
they will uphold their commitments to Paris regardless of Trump's moves.
"This
would be a colossal mistake," said Nick Burns, who served as under
secretary of state during George W. Bush's administration. "It would
also devastate our international credibility. We are one of the two
largest carbon emitters, with China. We are the ones who put this deal
together. It is the first step to try to do something about climate
change. For President Trump to take us out, it is anti-science."
Fierce divisions
Meetings inside the West Wing about Paris have been contentious,
sources told CNN, as aides expressed their deep grievances over the
climate agreement that President Barack Obama helped broker with nearly
every country.
Steve
Bannon, Trump's chief strategist and the former head of Breitbart, had
pressed Trump to stick with his campaign promise and leave the deal.
But
Ivanka Trump, the President's top aide and daughter, pressed aides to
look at the full picture when considering what withdrawal could mean.
She worked to ensure her father heard pro-Paris viewpoints, including
from former Vice President Al Gore.
Trump's
son-in-law and top aide, Jared Kushner, was said to be neutral on the
deal, and concerned about the legal ramifications of reducing US carbon
reduction commitments below what Obama pledged.
Tillerson
and Energy Secretary Rick Perry had both advised against leaving the
deal, sources said, joining a bombardment of voices from outside the
White House. Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and founder of Tesla,
tweeted earlier this month that he spoke with Trump about sticking with
the deal. The president of Exxon Mobil wrote Trump personally stressing
the importance of maintaining a seat at the global negotiating table.
Gore, who met with Trump during his presidential transition, has also been an outspoken critic of leaving the Paris accord.
But
those voices were tempered by conservatives who argue the agreement
harms American jobs and punishes US taxpayers. Trump himself said he
would "cancel" the deal on the campaign trail and his campaign's energy
plan included a pledge to "cancel the Paris climate agreement and stop
all payments of US tax dollars to UN global warming programs."
A
group of Republican US senators, including Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell, wrote Trump earlier this month encouraging him to make a
clean break from the climate accord. And leaders from coal-producing
states have pressed Trump to uphold his vows to cancel US commitments to
Paris.
Obama
and a host of other countries signed the climate change agreement in
2015 and the former president touted it as the "best chance we have" to
save the planet.
"The
Paris agreement establishes the enduring framework the world needs to
solve the climate crisis," Obama said, speaking from the White House.
"It creates the mechanism, the architecture, for us to continually
tackle this problem in an effective way."
The
US committed to reducing carbon emissions by 26-28% in a decade in
signing onto the agreement. The main driver of the reduction was Obama's
Clean Power Plan, which would have closed coal-fired power plants.
Trump has already said he's reviewing that order, along with other
aspects of his predecessor's climate agenda.
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