Taking irresponsibility to a whole new level:
President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, two senior US officials familiar with his plans told CNN Wednesday. The decision would be a significant foreign policy break with nearly every other nation on earth and a major reversal of the Obama administration's efforts on climate change.
Trump met Tuesday with a key voice advocating for withdrawal, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. He meets Wednesday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who supported remaining in the deal.
Understand, the Paris Agreement was derived from numerous concerns voiced over the Kyoto Protocols, and is the result of tens of thousands of hours of research and negotiations. It's doubtful Trump has even the slightest idea how it's constructed or what it entails, including the fact it is mostly a self-regulation vehicle that allows individual signatories to choose their own path to carbon reduction. Here are a few snippets from the Agreement itself:
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