We’ve been told the Paris Climate Accord was a bad deal too which we walked away and the crowd went wild! Yet now we’re told that POTUS Donnie officially tells the UN that the US is not taking part in PCA but please leave a seat open just in case.
So is that an admission to climate issues and are the people of Pittsburgh happy? – PB/TK
Donald Trump Notifies UN of Paris Exit While Keeping Option to Return – By Ari Natter / Aug 5 2017
The Trump administration began the formal process to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, but says it’s willing to “re-engage” if terms more favorable to the U.S. are met.
The State Department said it notified the United Nations that the U.S. will pull out of the global agreement as soon as it can under the terms of the 2015 accord, but President Donald Trump would agree to remain in the deal was reconfigured to be better for U.S. interests.
“As the President indicated in his June 1 announcement and subsequently, he is open to re-engaging in the Paris Agreement if the U.S. can identify terms that are more favorable to the United States, its businesses, its workers, its people, and its taxpayers,” the State Department said.
The U.S. will continue to participate in international climate negotiations, including the upcoming UN meeting on climate change “to protect U.S. interests and ensure all future policy options remain open to the administration.”
Continue to time.com article: http://time.com/4888705/donald-trump-notifies-united-nations-paris-exit/?xid=homepage
