TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOTIFIES U.N. OF PLANNED PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD EXIT

The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that it will withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, the first formal step in a one-year process to exit the global pact to fight climate change, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Monday.

The United States, the world’s largest historic greenhouse gas emitter, would become the only country outside the accord, a decision President Donald Trump promised to boost U.S. oil, gas and coal industries.

“The U.S. is proud of our record as a world leader in reducing all emissions, fostering resilience, growing our economy, and ensuring energy for our citizens. Ours is a realistic and pragmatic model,” Pompeo said on Twitter.

The State Department letter to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres started the clock on a process that would be completed one day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, on Nov. 4, 2020.

Environmental groups said they hoped Trump would be defeated in 2020 by a rival who would re-join the agreement with bold new targets.

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION NOTIFIES U.N. OF PLANNED PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD EXIT

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