Trump to pull out of Paris climate change agreement

[octoberlib]

President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision. Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. They're deciding on whether to initiate a full, formal withdrawal — which could take 3 years — or exit the underlying United Nations climate change treaty, which would be faster but more extreme.

The other outliers: The only other two countries that aren't supporting the deal are Nicaragua and Syria.


How it happened: A letter from 22 Republican Senators (including Mitch McConnell) that called for a clean exit had reinforced Trump's instincts to withdraw, and the president had been telling confidants over the past week that he was going to pull out.

https://www.axios.com/scoop-trump-is-pulling-u-s-out-of-paris-climate-deal-2427773025.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/31/trump-paris-climate-change-agreement-238974

[spanone]

1. fuckers.

[octoberlib]

3. I know. I had hopes he'd do something sane. but I don't know what I was thinking.

[spanone]

5. the world must be mourning the death of America.

[Afromania]

2. fantastic, something else we'll have to turn around and clean up once he's done

[hedda_foil]

4. 130 days from leader of the world to pariah among nations.

Meanwhile, on the home front....

[demmiblue]

6. So depressing.