Days before his exiting office, Obama wrote a check to Paris for $500 million.
Can you think of better things to do with $500m in the USA other than transfer it to the French?
White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week
President Donald Trump’s most senior advisers will huddle next week to resolve long-simmering tensions over whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate change agreement, a major point of dispute between the moderate and nationalist wings of the White House, three administration officials told POLITICO.
EPA head Scott Pruitt officially called for the US to exit the Paris Climate Agreement.
Scott Pruitt calls for an ‘exit’ from the Paris accord, sharpening the Trump White House’s climate rift
President Trump’s top environment official called for an “exit” from the historic Paris agreement Thursday, the first time such a high-ranking administration official has so explicitly disavowed the agreement endorsed by nearly 200 countries to fight climate change. Speaking with “Fox & Friends,” Pruitt commented, “Paris is something that we need to really look at closely.
This past week, leading energy officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations failed to construct a joint declaration on climate change because of the new U.S. administration.
Trump’s energy review blocks Group of Seven from consensus
ROME – Top energy officials from the Group of Seven industrial nations failed to agree on language for a joint declaration on Monday because of the U.S. administration’s review of policies related to climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gases.
China is now expressing its displeasure with the accords.
China Chief Climate Negotiator: Where’s the Money?
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Top Chinese Climate Negotiator Xie Zhenhua has responded to a parade of official reassurances about the Paris Climate Agreement, by demanding to know when “developed” countries will start paying China the money which was promised in Paris. Signatories to climate change agreement in dispute over financing China’s negotiator says developed…