Donald Trump ran on an "America First" platform for president. The latest news from the climate talks in Bonn, Germany, though, shows that it is now "America Alone" in terms of nations who haven't adopted the Paris climate agreement.
"Syria’s decision to join the accord brought another round of rebukes for the Trump administration," adds Dennis.
Trump’s decision drew swift, sharp condemnation from foreign leaders, environmental groups and corporate titans, who argued that the U.S. exit from the Paris accord would represent a failure of American leadership in the face of irrefutable scientific evidence.
"As if it wasn’t already crystal clear, every single other country in the world is moving forward together to tackle the climate crisis, while Donald Trump’s has isolated the United States on the world stage in an embarrassing and dangerous position,” Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, said in a statement.
"Irrefutable scientific evidence" is not how Trump's nominee to lead the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality sees climate change, though, reports Chris Mooney for The Post on Nov. 8.
Kathleen Hartnett White, President Trump’s pick to serve as his top White House environmental official, told the Senate Wednesday that she had doubts about the link between human activity and climate change.
“I’m not a scientist, but in my personal capacity, I have many questions that remain unanswered by current climate policy,” Hartnett White, told senators Wednesday at her confirmation hearing. “I think we indeed need to have more precise explanations of the human role and the natural role.”
Of course, she is not alone in that belief. Scott Pruitt, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration, also disputes that human activity contributes to climate change.
Hat tip to Chris Mooney, editor of Washington Post Energy and Environment newsletter.
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