EU to bypass Trump administration after Paris climate agreement pullout
Source: The Guardian
The European Union has rejected Donald Trumps offer to renegotiate the Paris climate agreement and pledged instead to bypass Washington to work with US business leaders and state governors to implement the historic accords commitments.
Less than 24 hours after the US president announced his decision to withdraw from the 2015 agreement and strike a new, less ambitious deal with the rest of the world, Brussels declared its outright refusal to engage in such talks.
EU officials will instead cut out the White House to deal directly with the US states and major corporations, many of whom have already pledged to live by the terms forged in Paris.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/02/european-leaders-vow-to-keep-fighting-global-warming-despite-us-withdrawal
You see so-called pResident, you removed the US from the table. The rest of the world will now lead on this one.
Actually, the republiCons and trump are so horrible, we might see more progress now. Who knows, we will have to see this play out.
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Welcome to DU.
I saw a thread that Bloomberg will donate $15 million to the UN to cover the next US payment of support.
Governor of California is meeting with China officials making deals about climate change actions.
States are forming an alliance of US States Climate Change Alliance (or some-such name).
I feel relief today seeing all this support flooding in for our planet.
I will read it later, my garden calls me.
