Article 2RNCC 'Outmoded, irrelevant vision': Pittsburghers reject Trump's pledge

'Outmoded, irrelevant vision': Pittsburghers reject Trump's pledge

by
Tom McCarthy
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The president said he was exiting the Paris climate deal on behalf of Pittsburgh - but his view of the environmentally minded city is off by decades, residents say

He said he was doing it for Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh replied: stop polluting our city's good name.

In withdrawing from the Paris climate accord Thursday, Donald Trump explained that he was striking a blow on behalf of American manufacturers such as US Steel, the company that once made Pittsburgh a global industrial capital.

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