The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that President Trump badly misrepresented the research of its scientists when he cited their work last Thursday to justify his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, reported the Reuters news service. Canada's commitment is to reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions to 30 per cent less than they were in 2005 by 2030. The more damaging methane and nitrous oxide are released from digestive tracts of cattle and from animal waste cesspools, respectively.
George Edgar, ambassador of the European Union to Cambodia, said the country is one of the most vulnerable to climate change, adding that the EU was spending millions of dollars on "targeted and ambitious" climate programs in the country.
With President Donald Trump pulling the USA out of the Paris climate accord, China and California signed an agreement Tuesday to work together on reducing emissions, as the state's governor warned that "disaster still looms" without urgent action. Felice Stadler, senior director of campaigns for US climate and political affairs at the Environmental Defense Fund, sees this response as a silver lining to Trump's withdrawal. According to a survey published by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication in May, 69 percent of registered USA voters wanted the country to remain part of the accords. The article notes that 13,000 Pittsburgh resident are employed by the renewable resource industry.
The momentum of climate change efforts and the affordability of cleaner fuels will keep the United States moving toward its goals of cutting emissions despite the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris global accord, business and government leaders in a growing alliance said.
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The regime in Pyongyang issued a scorching statement through its official news agency KCNA on Tuesday, blasting Trump's decision that, it said, comes "at the cost of the entire planet".
"It's backward looking and it's going to hurt the US", he said. Technological innovation, persistent advocacy and planning with stewardship in mind will allow us to counteract our president's shortsightedness. Cheap natural gas and tighter pollution restrictions toppled coal from its dominant position in the US power sector during Obama's tenure.
"The rich countries never want to talk about compensation for the damage caused by climate change", he said. He then said, "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go".
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