Trump decides to once again withdraw US from Paris Accords in test for global climate action

Le Monde

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Just hours after taking the Oath of Office, President Donald Trump gave the right answer.
Newsweek
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The Paris Climate Agreement is an international legally binding agreement among nations aimed at helping countries adapt to climate change effects and mobilise adequate resources to counter it.
Kenyans.co.ke
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Following yet another “world’s hottest year on record”, unprecedented drought and temperatures and wildfires in LA, President Trump has rushed to join Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only countries outside the Paris Agreement.
WAtoday
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Besides withdrawing the US — again — from the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Accord, Trump halted US government spending on climate change and clean energy initiatives under the 2021 Inflation Reduction Act, ordered the cancellation of all permits for wind energy projects, and suspended a government spending program for the development of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, among other actions.
The Manila Times

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Trump signs order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement
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