President Trump has made it official--The US is exiting the climate accord and laid out his case affirming his view that this is an "America First" Strategy. CNN curated reactions as the President Spoke--The statement concluded with the EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, praising the President's Decision:
The US is ALREADY a Clean Energy, Oil & Gas Energy Leader! We have reduced our emissions drastically since 2006! We don't need #ParisAccord
The Obama #ParisAccord imposes insane regulations on the U.S. for reducing our carbon emissions, YET China gets free pass for years to come!
In the convo on #climatechange it is Black & Brown communities that suffer most when we don't #ActOnClimate, but we don't talk much about it
POTUS has said for a long time he believes man-made climate change is a "hoax." Pulling out of #ParisAgreement is consistent w/ that.
FACT: The #ParisAccord By 2040, would cost workers 6.5 million industrial sector jobs – including 3.1 million manufacturing sector jobs!
This will be remembered as “the day the United States resigned as the leader of the free world.” Sad/true from @FareedZakaria
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