Trump signed an executive order that begins the process of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement, which he also did during his first term.
With the US out of the tent, the rest of the world can get on with climate action without Trump’s corrosive influence.
When Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the climate agreement in 2017, the move reverberated around the globe. Nearly 200 nations had committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions under the pact when it was created in 2015, and they had set ambitious targets to keep global temperature rise well below 2°C, and ideally below 1.5°C.
Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.
On President Trump’s first day in office, he pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a pact among nearly all nations to fight climate change. Reporting from Davos, Switzerland, David Gelles, a climate journalist for The New York Times,
He withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accords, putting the growth and success of American communities and families ahead of the extreme and pointless demands of climate radicals. Almost simultaneously,
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing the United States to again withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement.
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp and liberated the prisoners from the Nazi regime’s horrific crimes. This day is now observed as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Also,
Within hours of taking office last week, President Donald Trump made good on his pledges to wind back the United States’ climate action – including withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement. This political show comes barely a week after 2024 was revealed as the world’s hottest year and following the catastrophic Los Angeles fires.
Big Oil faces an unexpected dilemma as Trump's reversal of Biden's climate policies jeopardizes their costly transition investments and creates uncertainty for the future.