Gov. Mark Dayton announced Monday that he has signed onto the U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition launched last week when Trump announced that he plans to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said USA withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement had come as a shock for India and he believes America will rethink its decision on the climate change agreement.
But Haley, in an interview with CNN that aired fully on Sunday, did not hedge.
Bangladesh, though not a contributor in global warming, was one of the first countries to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement.
Mr. Dickerson pressed the ambassador about Mr. Trump's assertion during the campaign that climate change is a "hoax".
"There has to be far more focus on the economic message", Kerry said, saying the USA is putting itself at a competitive disadvantage in green technology sectors.
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That official and others say the situation in Qatar has not affected U.S. military operations and security in the country. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who as Exxon Mobil's CEO had business with Qatar, as a possible mediator.
"We remain steadfastly committed to the sustainability, carbon and energy goals that we have set as a company and to the Paris Agreement's ultimate success", Microsoft President Brad Smith said in the statement.
This, in many people's view, obligates the United States to take concrete and ambitious action to slow global warming.
The US will "continue to be a leader in the environment", but do so "under our terms", she added.
The agreement between 196 countries aims to curb the impacts of climate change. Against that backdrop, a string of administration officials went on the offensive on Friday to justify the Republican president's decision to abandon the 195-nation Paris deal.
However, on Thursday, while addressing a media conference at the White House, Trump said that there were no meaningful obligations for the world's "leading polluters" and that it is time to "exit the Paris Accord". "I mean, that's what he believes and so that's as clear as I know to give it".
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted Monday that President Trump was "not walking away" from taking action to address climate change - even though the commander-in-chief just four days earlier withdrew the USA from the landmark Paris Climate Accord.
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