Showing posts with label Paris climate deal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paris climate deal. Show all posts

Saturday, June 03, 2017

Mike Pence Can't Understand Why People Care About Climate Change


Actually he understands fine. He’s acting perplexed because he’s a pathological liar who just needed to squeeze one more lie into an interview. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.

Branson: Paris Exit Cements Donald Trump As Worst President In U.S. History | For The Record | MSNBC


Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson tells Greta Van Susteren that President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord has “dragged America to a new, very shameful low.”

Friday, June 02, 2017

What Does US Decision on Climate Mean for our Planet? - Inside Story


President Donald Trump announced the United States was formally withdrawing from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement, keeping his campaign promise to American workers, especially coal miners.

The president, surrounded by his supporters, made the address during a speech at the White House on Thursday. Global leaders formed a united front in criticising the decision with condemnation coming from Asia, Australia and Europe. What is the impact of his decision? And what will it mean for our planet? | Presenter: Hazem Sika | Guest: Gina Loudon - former Trump campaign media surrogate and author; Michael Dorsey - director of the Sierra Club, the largest environmental organisation in the US; Damian Ryan - director of strategy at the Climate Group


World Leaders Condemn US Withdrawal from Paris Climate Deal


World leaders have condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull America out of the Paris Climate Agreement. Al Jazeera’s Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

Our Disgraceful Exit From the Paris Accord


THE NEW YORK TIMES: Only future generations will be able to calculate the full consequences of President Trump’s incredibly shortsighted approach to climate change, since it is they who will suffer the rising seas and crippling droughts that scientists say are inevitable unless the world brings fossil fuel emissions to heel.

But this much is clear now: Mr. Trump’s policies — the latest of which was his decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change — have dismayed America’s allies, defied the wishes of much of the American business community, threatened America’s competitiveness as well as job growth in crucial industries and squandered what was left of America’s claim to leadership on an issue of global importance. » | The Editorial Board | Thursday, June 1, 2017

Speech of the French President Emmanuel Macron in English - Reaction to Donald Trump


"Make our planet great again"

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Does Trump Pulling Out of Paris Climate Deal Matter, Explained


In December 2015 the world came together in Paris to combat climate change, tonight, despite the pleading of other world leaders, President Trump is poised to take the United States of America out of the accords - joining only Syria and Nicaragua.

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Sen. Paul: We Can't Have an Open Border with the Mideast


May. 23, 2017 - 4:44 - Lawmaker calls for more scrutiny, discusses the Paris climate deal

Monday, December 14, 2015

USA: Paris Climate Deal a 'Turning Point for the World' Says Obama


US President Barack Obama praised climate change accord reached at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, calling it a "turning point for the world", speaking from the White House in Washington D.C, Saturday.