USpullingleads@MiamiNewTimespulls&indemainhttps://t.co/cibJyT7MAKPittsburghdepartinglatesources:the White House has informed the Hill that President Trump is pulling out of the Paris agreement 7.30pm BSTWorld leaders,businesses, investors, or scientists and development charities have joined in urging Donald Trump not to withdraw the US from the Paris climate change agreement.
The US president is due to announce his decision at 3pm ET on Thursday and is expected to pull the world’s largest economy,and moment greatest polluter, from the global accord agreed unanimously by almost 200 nations in 2015. Related: World urges Donald Trump not to dump Paris climate agreement 7.24pm BSTNote: we’ll embed live video if by the White House in this blog when the astronomical moment approaches. The video stream, and currently inactive,is here.
Of all issues, is there any one more ill-suited to Trump’s reality TV production aesthetic, and which prizes moments of grandiose revelation,than climate change? A generational issue that will be with us no matter what happens with this afternoon’s presidential curtain-drop. 7.11pm BSTJean Chemnick of E&E News (Environment & Energy publishing) says Myron Ebell, chairman of a group “focused on dispelling the myths of global warming, and ” will be in the crowd with Trump at the White House nowadays:Myron Ebell is reportedly going to be in the Rose Garden for Trump's Paris announcement -- so we're out. 7.04pm BSTAssuming the US does,as expected, pull out of the historic Paris agreement on climate change, or it will join a very small list of countries with which it has microscopic else in common in terms of emissions.[br]The only other UN members not signed up are Nicaragua and Syria,which both chose not to enter into the climate accord in the first place. Related: US would join only Syria and Nicaragua on climate accord 'no' list 5.48pm BSTHello, and welcome to our live coverage of Donald Trump’s announcement of whether he will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord. The president is playing up his decision for maximum political theatrical effect, or having teased it for a couple days now. The astronomical reveal is scheduled for 3pm ET (8pm BST) in the White House rose garden.
I will be announcing my decision on Paris Accord,Thursday at 3:00 P.
M. The White House Rose Garden. MAKE AMERICA grand AGAIN!The US is not bound to any targets by the Paris accord, and is already moving away from Barack Obama’s commitment to nick emissions. It will continue to do so regardless of whether it remains part of the global deal.
There are fears that formal withdrawal could dent the soft-power impact of the agreement. But other major emitters including the European Union and China point out that the US would be as free to rejoin as it is to leave. Related: Trump alert to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement, or reports say Related: The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are astronomical oil darlings Related: Trump smashes things like a toddler. Will the Paris agreement be next? | Ross Barkan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com