President Trump announces USA withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. But the Steel City is hardly in Trump's corner on this one.
"It's quite unusual for these EU-China summits to produce a bold diplomatic statement, so this is pretty unprecedented, and it's a sign of the commitment of both sides to continuing to work on climate mitigation", Hilton said.
Numerous public health officials and experts gave the LA Times statements on their reaction to President Trump's decision Thursday. "We're going to have the cleanest water", Trump said at one point.
"I do not speak for the President", Zinke said, later adding that he had not asked him. Every country in the world but two - Syria and Nicaragua - also endorsed the agreement.
There was a mix of dismay and anger across the world. He made very clear yesterday what he doesn't believe, which is that the USA government should stay in an agreement that gives us too much of the financial burden, too much risks to these industries where the coalminers, people who work in cement and paper, people who he looked in the eye. The governors of New York, California and Washington State have announced creation of a "climate alliance" committed to the Paris goals.
Environmental groups said Trump's decision is foolish.
Germany's Merkel, a pastor's daughter who is usually intensely private about her faith, said the accord was needed "to preserve our Creation".
"I am proud to stand with other governors as we make sure that the inaction in D.C.is met by an equal force of action from the states", Washington Governor Jay Inslee said Thursday. Donald Tusk spoke after meeting with visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Brussels. While Webb considers himself a conservative on many issues, he said he is not a Trump supporter. "We will not ignore the science and reality of climate change ..."
"A year and a half ago, the world came together in Paris around the first-ever global agreement to set the world on a low-carbon course and protect the world we leave to our children", said the former U.S. president.
Earlier, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: "There is no reverse gear to energy transition". "China is willing to increase cooperation with all sides and jointly promote the follow-up talks on actual detailed rules of the Paris agreement".
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The party continued that any deal agreed between the two parties could affect the ability to form a new Stormont Government. Earlier, Ms Foster said the talks were going well: "We hope soon to be able to bring this work to a successful conclusion".
Trump has questioned the science of climate change, which is accepted by the overwhelming majority of the world's scientific institutions, including the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the World Meteorological Organization, NASA, NOAA and the national scientific societies of almost every major industrial country.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N), had supported staying in the pact.
"It was a policy decision and I think it's important that everyone recognize the United States has a terrific record on reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions", Tillerson told reporters.
Jeff Immelt, chief executive officer of USA conglomerate General Electric (GE.N), tweeted: "Climate change is real".
Fortune asked the White House whether the president believes global warming is a hoax and will update this post if we receive a response.
He said it was steady, principled American leadership on the world stage that made that achievement possible.
Sachs placed the blame for Trump's decision squarely on the Koch brothers' shoulders, claiming: "They have bought and purchased the top of the Republican party..." Importantly, it is also out of step with what is happening in the United States.
Trump's top economic adviser, Gary Cohn, said on television the withdrawal would help keep USA energy markets competitive, allowing for a potential for coal.
Koch Industries and its subsidiaries are a sprawling conglomerate that comprises everything from chemicals and plastics manufacturing to energy products such as natural gas and petroleum and even fertilizer and ranching, all of which are highly polluting industries that would greatly benefit from decreased regulation and government interference.
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