Only U.S. and Syria Now Oppose Paris Climate Deal, as Nicaragua Joins
"Trump goes after Clean Water Rule threatening the water supply for 117 million Americans"
By LIAM STACKOCT. 24, 2017
President Trump announced in June that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times
And then there were two.
[...]
Despite its widespread adoption, the future of the Paris accord has been thrown into doubt by the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw. White House officials are set to travel to Germany next month for United Nations climate change discussions, effectively putting them in the position of negotiating a deal they have said they are leaving.
Under the terms of the agreement, the soonest any country can withdraw .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/07/climate/trump-paris-climate-timeline.html .. from the pact is Nov. 4, 2020. That is less than three months before the end of Mr. Trump’s current term in office. The White House has said that it will abide by those terms.
In September, the White House economic adviser Gary D. Cohn told government officials .. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/climate/trump-adviser-un-paris-climate-agreement.html .. from European countries and from Canada and Japan that the United States would leave the deal unless changes were made. But the officials said Mr. Cohn did not tell them what changes the Trump administration wanted.
News 
Market Data 
Discover 
