The planned exit from the Paris Agreement is just one of a number of changes Trump is set to initiate on his first day back in the White House, as he shifts US policy toward promoting fossil fuel production and away from fighting climate change. In his inaugural address, Trump vowed that his actions Monday “will end the green new deal”.
President Donald Trump is ordering the US to withdraw from the landmark Paris Agreement, launching another retreat in the fight against climate change by the world’s wealthiest nation.
The move was widely expected since Trump pulled the US from the emissions-cutting pact during his first term and had promised do to it again during his campaign. Nevertheless, the action, described in a White House fact sheet less than an hour after Trump was inaugurated, underscored the seriousness of the Republican’s commitments to rapidly overhaul US energy and climate policy.
