Asking the White House whether President Donald Trump thinks climate change is real turns out to be a tough question.
"The EU deeply regrets the unilateral decision by the Trump administration to withdraw the USA from the Paris Agreement", Canete said in a statement.
In March, with coal miners standing by, Trump signed an executive order mainly targeting the Clean Power Plan, a signature effort by Obama to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants in keeping with USA promises of the Paris Agreement.
"Looking ahead, we know that he will be looking to ensure a strong American economy, a competitive USA manufacturing sector, a reliable and resilient power grid, and a vibrant USA steel industry, while at the same time ensuring a clean and sustainable environment", Arch Coal said in a statement.
"Americans will honour and fulfill the Paris agreement by leading from the bottom up - and there isn't anything Washington can do to stop us", former NY mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg said. "In order to send a signal to the global community, and to uphold our obligations to current and future generations, we encourage you to continue to aggressively address the threat of climate change and abide by this worldwide effort", the lawmakers wrote in the letter.
Now with the decision by the largest economy to pull out of an global accord on climate change, the ripple effect for the prospect of renewable energy will surely be felt across the globe, said John Sterman, professor at the Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). "We worship nature. It is in Indian ethos", she said, before concluding that she "clearly dismissed" Trump's accusation. "In following through on his promise, President Trump is supporting America's uncompromising values, saving coal jobs, and promoting low-priced, reliable electricity for Americans and the rest of the World".
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In its response, the foreign ministry tweeted, "We've seen the @White- House video about the #ParisAccord".
On Thursday, he released a video in English as well as French in which he criticized Trump for pulling out of the Paris accord and coined the "Make our planet great again" slogan. "India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020".
Kerry, who threw his full weight behind the agreement when it was adopted in 2015, bitterly criticized Trump's unilateral decision to pull out of it.
"Our support for the #ParisAgreement is well known".
Harold P. Wimmer, national president and CEO of the American Lung Association, said, "Climate change is already harming the health of people in the United States and worldwide through degraded air quality, heat waves, droughts, extreme storms, disease outbreaks and more. We will continue to do our part providing more & cleaner energy", Shell Oil Company tweeted shortly after Trump's announcement Thursday.
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