Trump signs actions to pull US out of Paris climate agreement, intends to promote fossil fuels and mineral mining

The integrity of the United States’ commitment to this issue would be drawn into question, also (its) reliability as a treaty partner,

Wirth told CNN

When I worked for President Bush, I looked very hard for the magic wand that lowered oil prices right away. It doesn’t exist,

said Bob McNally, president of consulting firm Rapidan Energy Group and a former Bush energy official

The inflation crisis was caused by massive overspending and escalating energy prices,

Trump said during his inaugural address

They talk about clean air and clean water, but they're [planning] to roll back all of these […] pollution standards that are specifically designed to protect people's health and protect the environment,

said Cleetus

We have no illusions that this is going to be a very destructive administration,

said Rachel Cleetus, the policy director for climate and energy at the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).

We need a steady, experienced hand at EPA to marshal federal resources to fight climate change and utilize the full power of the law to protect communities from toxic pollution,

Abigail Dillen, president of the nonprofit environmental law organization Earthjustice, said in a statement on November 12.

There are many things that can't be undone just by the stroke of a pen,

she said, citing the complex regulatory and administrative process, not to mention legal challenges

Trump is stacking his administration with executives from some of the largest fossil fuel corporations,

wrote the Sierra Club on its website

Instead of independent judgment and expertise, there's a lot of almost cult-like loyalty to a president who has taken a very sharp posture against clean energy, completely beholden to fossil fuel interests,

she told DW

Climate has now become a top-tier issue in global diplomacy,

she said, pointing out the increasingly complex ties to trade, security, and economic issues

I think there would be a lot of opposition from state and local entities, from businesses, from workers,

she said

In that context,” having more U.S. gas “can be nothing but helpful,

said Joseph Majkut, director of energy and climate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank

Whatever happens, we need to be extremely careful not to reproduce an overdependence on one country”

after Russia ... said one EU diplomat who was granted anonymity to speak freely about the sensitive issue

To compete globally, we must expand energy production, including … liquefied natural gas,

he told lawmakers

America's loss could be somebody else's gain,

says Tim Sahey, from the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University

While the US administration retreats, states, cities and businesses across the US will continue driving climate action forward,

according to Ani Dasgupta, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute thinktank

There is a big hole in the world now that he is no longer with us,

his family posted

I would like to announce my retirement from boxing,”

I believe