Trump pulls US from key climate treaty

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Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies, according to a memorandum released by the White House Wednesday evening and an accompanying social media post.

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Trump Pulls Out of Global Climate Treaty
Trump's exit from global climate treaty leaves U.S. without a voice in negotiations
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The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a “legal obligation” to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. agencies after the White House announced that it is withdrawing suppo...

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‘A colossal own goal’: Trump’s exit from global climate treaties will have little effect outside US
The US president’s decision to withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the world’s leading body of climate scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, w...

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U.S.-China climate deal is either a good start or a ‘non-binding charade’

As environmentalists and the White House celebrated a major agreement with China over combating climate change, Republicans on Capitol Hill immediately began attacking it, and even the president’s allies said more needed to be done. A key Republican ...
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