From Weather Underground - Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord Makes Covfefe Sense -excellent read

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https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/withdrawal-paris-climate-accord-makes-covfefe-sense
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For the first time in history, the United States has removed itself from a worldwide agreement negotiated to protect the world’s atmosphere. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Paris Agreement in a press conference at the White House on Thursday, June 1. "The US will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris Accord or an entirely new transaction, on terms that are fair to the United States, its businesses, workers, people, [and] taxpayers," said Trump."We will see if we can make a deal that’s fair. And if we can, that’s great, and if we can’t, that’s fine."

Under UN rules, it will take four years for any such withdrawal to take effect, though the U.S. may opt to stop participating in agreement-related activities right away.

Trump's action goes against the near-unanimous world opinion of the 194 nations that signed the agreement, as well as U.S. precedent. In the late 1980s, the United States joined all other UN members in ratifying the hugely successful Montreal Protocol, which has already begun to stabilize the stratospheric ozone layer from depletion caused by human-produced chlorofluorocarbons and related substances. In 1992, under President George H.W. Bush, the United States joined virtually every nation on Earth in signing and ratifying the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which took effect in 1994.

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1. Trump, must be so F'en proud of himself. The ass that contributed to environmental decline, all

by himself.

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2. The Turtle et al as well

They disgust me