Climate Changed
Trump Poised to Reveal Paris Decision as He’s Said to Favor Exit
- U.S. announcement planned for Thursday on climate accord
- Trump has called Paris climate deal ‘one-sided’ against U.S.
Trump Faces Big Choice on Paris Climate Accord
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President Donald Trump is poised to announce plans to withdraw the U.S. from the landmark Paris accord on Thursday, injecting uncertainty into the worldwide effort to combat climate change.
The move, described by two people familiar with the deliberations, would put the U.S. in the company of just Syria and Nicaragua as the only countries not part of the global carbon-cutting pact signed in December 2015.