Trump signs order to withdraw US from Paris climate agreement for second time
by Dharna Noor from World news | The Guardian on (#6TPPM)
On first day back as president, Trump signs letter giving notice to UN of US exit from treaty seeking to curb climate crisis effects
Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw the US, the world's second biggest emitter of planet-heating pollution, from the Paris climate agreement for a second time, and put the United Nations on notice.
On his first day back as president, Trump signed an executive order on stage in front of supporters at an arena in Washington DC which he said was aimed at quitting what he called the unfair one-sided Paris climate accord rip off".
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