Paris Climate Accord

U.S. 04/07/21, 19:16

In a joint statement released on Monday, April 5, by the United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the two nations reaffirmed their pledge to help finance decarbonization in the Middle East and North Africa. “We will also cooperate closely to make new investments in financing decarbonization across both the ...

U.S. 01/22/21, 09:14

President Joe Biden rejoined the controversial Paris Climate Accord, which punishes the use of fossil fuels such as oil, by signing an executive order during his first day in the White House on Jan. 20. Biden additionally ordered a halt to the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline on the same ...

Politics 12/02/19, 21:32

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.,) asserted Monday, Dec. 2, at a United Nations climate summit that the United States is “still in” the climate change agreement while the Trump administration withdrew last month. “By coming here we want to say to everyone we are still in, the United States is still ...

D.C. 11/05/19, 18:10

The Obama administration allegedly entered the  Paris Climate Agreement illegally, says the lawsuit filed by Government Accountability & Oversight (GAO). GAO reportedly filed the lawsuit on behalf of the nonprofit organization Energy Policy Advocates (EPA). EPA claimed that it possesses a document purporting to be the Obama State Department's "Circular 175" ...

Opinion 11/05/19, 15:52

President Donald Trump is right to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. While the climate is indeed changing and human activity is playing a role, the chances of looming climate catastrophe are simply unrealistic and not grounded in reality. But even granting such a looming catastrophe, the Paris Agreement itself would do little to ...

Politics 11/04/19, 19:04

The Trump administration formally notified the United Nations on Monday that the United States will begin its withdrawal from the Paris climate accord. Democrats quickly slammed that decision. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday, Nov. 4 that he submitted a formal notice to the United Nations to start a withdrawal ...

Politics 08/14/19, 13:29

President Donald Trump has used his address in Pennsylvania to explain why the Paris Climate Accord is not good for the United States, while attacking Democrats for pushing hard the Green New Deal and ignoring the fact that the United States is the top energy producer. In a speech at Shell ...