“In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord but begin negotiations to re-enter either the Paris accord or an entirely new transaction on terms
that are fair to the United States,” the president said.
“By withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, the Trump administration has
turned America from a global climate leader into a global climate deadbeat.”
The United States has emitted more planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than any other country.
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, weakening global efforts to combat climate change and siding with conservatives who argued
that the landmark 2015 agreement was harming the economy.
But even in the absence of American leadership; even as this Administration joins a small handful of nations
that reject the future; I’m confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got.”
President Trump will withdraw the United States from the first worldwide deal to address global warming.
Other top aides, including Gary D. Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council; the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump; and his secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, had insisted to Mr. Trump
that remaining a part of the agreement would have allowed the United States to eviscerate Obama-era climate rules without as much damage to relations with other countries.
