‘Destructive Fossil Fuel Puppet’ Trump Ditches Climate Deal with Fact-Free Speech
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"Generations from now, Americans will look back at Donald Trump's decision to leave the Paris Agreement as one of the most ignorant and dangerous actions ever taken by any President"
By Lauren McCauley
Common Dreams
President Donald Trump took what critics are saying is “one of the most ignorant and dangerous actions ever taken by any President” Thursday afternoon and pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.
“An abdication of American leadership and an international disgrace,” was how Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) described the move, announced from the White House Rose Garden.
With scant mention of the word “climate,” Trump framed the decision as one being made in the interest of the “forgotten men and women” of America, who he has vowed to protect...