EU leads attacks on Trump's rollback of Obama climate policy
by David Smith in Washington and Caty Enders and Domi from Environment | The Guardian on (#2HD3W)
Europe poised to take baton from US as leader in global efforts to fight climate change, with America's commitment to Paris accords at risk
The European Union has led criticism of Donald Trump's effort to unravel Barack Obama's measures to combat climate change, suggesting that Europe will now take the lead in global efforts.
The US president signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at eliminating the clean power plan, Obama's landmark policy to set limits on the amount of greenhouse gases that power plants emit. America's commitment to the Paris accord of nearly 200 countries now hangs in the balance.
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