Reuters reports:
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Axios news outlet reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with direct knowledge of the decision.
Trump who has previously called global warming a hoax, refused to endorse the landmark climate change accord at a summit of the G7 group of wealthy nations on Saturday, saying he needed more time to decide. He then tweeted that he would make an announcement this week. Fox News also cited an unidentified source confirming the pullout.
The accord, agreed on by nearly 200 countries in Paris in 2015, aims to limit planetary warming in part by slashing carbon dioxide and other emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Under the pact, the United States committed to reducing its emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.
The only countries that won't be party to the Paris Agreement:
-Syria
-Nicaragua
-The United States of America
https://t.co/AOvVzgra0y— Rob Flaherty (@Rob_Flaherty) May 31, 2017
Trump: [withdraws from Paris agreement]
Reasonable people: WTF? You're dooming the planet
MAGAsuperfans: LOL triggered pwned
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) May 31, 2017
JUST IN: Pres. Trump is telling people close to him the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change pic.twitter.com/XxvOOiMzUO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 31, 2017
JUST IN: Pres. Trump is telling people close to him the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change pic.twitter.com/XxvOOiMzUO
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 31, 2017