US Will Continue to Reduce Greenhouse Emissions, Says Rex Tillerson

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt spent a press briefing Friday dodging questions about whether President Trump believes in climate change.

After many world leaders said they feared a bleaker future following the USA withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate-change agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin was more upbeat about it.

“The president not taking a leadership position on this is really just tragic on so many levels”, Glickstein said. The UN body that facilitated the deal said it “cannot be renegotiated based on the request of a single party”.

Trump’s decision provoked anger and condemnation from world leaders and heads of industry. And if we can, that’s great.

Trump formally announced his decision to leave the historic global agreement after months of teasing the action.

Some of the biggest names in business world also weighed in.

Britain’s Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Theresa May, reacts while on the general election campaign trail, in Doncaster, England, Friday June 2, 2017.

Trudeau made his feelings clear on Twitter.

“But rather than fatally undermine the Paris Agreement, it will likely cause other countries to reaffirm their firm commitment to the full implementation of the climate deal”.

Is this true? How will Washington quitting the 196-nation Paris club affect the fight against climate change? George Stephanopoulos asked. “That’s the predicate for the entire decision”. “That is why the rest of the world remains firmly committed to the Paris Agreement, and our own commitment to it-and that of our wider Pacific family-will never waiver”. India and China therefore pitched for the USA to compensate the world for the havoc that the world’s lone superpower wrought on the world.

“Americans are not walking away from the Paris Climate Agreement”, said Mike Bloomberg, the United Nations secretary general’s special envoy for cities and climate change.

Making the announcement at a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Trump, who once said global warming is a hoax perpetrated by Beijing, singled out India and China as he listed the reasons for withdrawing from the climate change accord.

“Maybe he didn’t have to exit the Paris agreement, because it was only a framework”. They will find themselves with less federal co-ordination but alongside U.S. cities and states.

“If the U.S. will not work on this issue there will be no agreement”. “He still sees a path forward on that and we’re also going to continue to work with our friends and allies on our priorities: national security and the economy”.

“We will now start the process of increasing our goals to lower emissions even further and faster, because bluntly. we’re going to have to shoulder more of the burden now”, he said. He put America first.

Blackrock Inc Chief Executive Larry Fink said on Thursday he would continue to serve on Trump’s business forum, despite reservations about the White House climate decision because he believes he can add to policy discussions and be a voice for investors.

Supporters of the decision in USA believe pulling out of the pact will save jobs, unburden industries, and save money.

Mr Trump said he was fulfilling his “solemn duty to protect America and its citizens”.

“We must use Trump’s bad example to demand that our cities, states, and other institutions step up on climate action in meaningful ways”, Boeve added.

Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg decried the US move, saying it “puts our children’s future at risk”.

Anger, fear, worry and pity for the those who will feel the effects of Trump’s reckless decision.

Paris deal supporters, including Kerry, predicted Trump’s withdrawal would cause nearly irreparable damage to America’s standing overseas and potentially its ability to negotiate future diplomatic agreements. “The sustainability train has left the station”, she said.

In media appearances, several of the president’s surrogates have also evaded the question, following Trump’s decision to exit the worldwide accord aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change.