Climate Changed
EPA’s Pruitt Blamed Obama for Paris Deal at G-7 Climate Summit
- Pruitt had list of complaints, Germany’s Hendricks says
- German environment minister refutes criticism of Paris accord
Barbara Hendricks and Scott Pruitt talk during the G7 Environment summit on June 11, 2017 in Bologna, Italy.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt blamed former President Barack Obama for forging a bad Paris climate deal, leaving the U.S. with the job of extricating itself, the German environment minister said.
In a catalog of complaints, the EPA chief blasted Obama for failing to sign off with Congress for $3 billion in financing for the international Green Climate fund, German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said in an interview. She cited bilateral talks with Pruitt at a two-day Group of Seven climate summit held in Bologna, Italy on Sunday and Monday, which both officials left early.