Monday 5 June 2017

The US is the biggest loser on the planet thanks to Trump’s calamitous act

Our Disgraceful Exit From the Paris Accord

Only future generations will be able to calculate the full consequences of President Trump’s incredibly shortsighted approach to climate change, since it is they who will suffer the rising seas and crippling droughts that scientists say are inevitable unless the world brings fossil fuel emissions to heel.
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The US is the biggest loser on the planet thanks to Trump’s calamitous act

Trump’s dubious claims regarding the impact of the Paris agreement have been widely discredited. No amount of rhetoric will bring back coal and nothing will stop the explosive growth of clean energy jobs. Already, wind and solar employ nearly three times as many people as the coal industry does, according to the Department of Energy’s 2017 energy and employment report.
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What states can do on climate change (even though we really need the feds)

The federal government is irreplaceable in fighting climate change. But until a more rational president enters the Oval Office, state and local efforts can prevent the United States from totally abandoning what may be greatest global challenge of the 21st century: heading off the worst effects of man-made global warming.
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Bucking Trump, US cities, states and companies commit to Paris Accord

Representatives of US cities, states and companies are preparing to submit a plan to the United Nations pledging to meet the United States' greenhouse gas emissions targets under the Paris climate accord, despite President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the agreement. The unnamed group - which so far includes 30 mayors, three governors, more than 80 university presidents and more than 100 businesses - is negotiating with the UN to have its submission accepted alongside contributions to the Paris climate deal by other nations.

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