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Scientists respond to Trump's withdrawal.

Trump withdraws U.S. from Paris Climate Accord; scientists respond

1 June 2017 / Commentary by U.S. and global scientists

Donald Trump has announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord;
scientists from around the globe respond in this exclusive Mongabay commentary.

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Donald Trump seems determined to turn a malfunctioning presidency into one that will, as confirmed by many observers, be considered disastrous.

Trump seems capable of almost any self-delusion — of convincing himself he is correct no matter the weight of evidence against him.

But to drag the U.S. down into his rabbit hole of bizarre beliefs regarding climate change is going way, way too far. For America to become one of only three nations on Earth that is not a party to the Paris climate accord is unthinkable, a bridge too far even for Trump.

This is the price that Americans are paying right now for electing this very peculiar megalomaniac as their president.

— William F. Laurance, PhD, FAA, FAAAS, FRSQ, Distinguished Research Professor, Australian Laureate & Prince Bernhard Chair in
International Nature Conservation (Emeritus), Director of the Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science (TESS)

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The rest of the world should pay no attention to the venal men who have temporarily taken command of our great nation.

The United States is suffering from a political disease that prevents us from showing the rest of the world and ourselves what is good in us. We will rid ourselves of this malady. America will be great again.

It will take time to undo the damage that the Trump Administration and his Congressional co-conspirators are doing to our nation and the world. But rest assured, that damage will be undone. The United States will work with the rest of the world to create a world where the poor become prosperous and where the environment is respected and protected.

The rest of the world must continue on its path to a better future. Today, we are lagging behind and moving backward, but tomorrow we will run ahead and help lead the way.

The Trump Administration and his co-conspirators in Congress are a historical aberration, the last dying gasps of a failed ideology. Future historians will see the Trump Administration and his congressional co-conspirators as tragic figures fighting a failed rear-guard action against the inevitability of historical progress. What is good in America will eventually triumph.

— Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology

https://news.mongabay.com/2017/06/trump-withdraws-u-s-from-paris-climate-accord-scientists-respond/

Many more, all well said .. all true.