Trump Removes the US from the Paris Agreement
- Title
- Trump Removes the US from the Paris Agreement
- Description
- US President Trump announced the US would be leaving the Paris Agreement as soon as it was able to a matter of months after the agreement went into effect. He claimed the requirements of the agreement would hurt the economy and punish the US over countries like China, who he claimed were much worse for the environment than the US. Since the US is still one of the top-3 greenhouse gas emitting countries, their leaving the Agreement greatly weakened its ability to effectively mitigate climate change.
- Date of Article or Event
- June 1, 2017 – June 1, 2017