President Trump pulls US out of Paris climate accord (again)
When President Biden takes office in 2021. he issued several executive orders to address climate change. Now the opposite is happening. President Trump is now in charge and he is signing EOs at breakneck speed. Many of these actions seek to limit or reverse any changes made by the Biden administration, taking the oft-used “head-in-the-sand” approach to climate policy. Trump’s first step was yes withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement… again.
Trump has started the deluge of executive orders by repealing 78 of the executive directors of the Biden administration, incl one on AI guidelinesbefore application federal hiring freeze and does not require new regulations. Note that an EO cannot change a law or regulation, but that won’t stop Trump from trying. In other words, some of these things will get bogged down in long legal battles.
Trump withdrew the US from the Paris climate accord during his first term and beyond Biden restored it. Now history repeats itself. The president again removed the US from the agreement list. That puts the US as one of the few nations not part of the 2015 accord, joining Iran, Libya, South Sudan, Eritrea and Yemen.
It also means the US is likely to renege on all the promises it made under the pact, including a promise of climate aid for developing nations and a commitment to cut emissions by 66 percent by 2035. The Trump administration must notify the United Nations in writing of its intention to withdraw from the agreement, which will take a year to become official.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/president-trump-withdraws-the-us-from-the-paris-climate-agreement-again-002803951.html?src = rss
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