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Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago

I fucking hate Trumps facial expressions so goddamn much. Like nails on a chalk board.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Given how chaotic the US political system is, no one should expect it to honour any agreement it signs.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Was Biden following this agreement?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

the agreement seems farcical since it allows for the highest levels of fossil fuel production in history, but somehow still remain in accordance with this climate change agreement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Of course he did.

[+] [email protected] -13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good.

An agreement without actual plans for execution and punishment for not complying is worthless anyway.

The agreement is only worth the paper its written on. The climate doesn't give a shit where the pollution is done. Making pollution regionalised is the dumbest thing ever.

Want to pollute to get your cheap low quality crap? Just move the factory overseas. Now you can extract that from your emission.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He left it to kill it and any climate action, not to get a new one. Shut the fuck up

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So the agreement is shit. But its doesnt matter?

High IQ move to suggest no action is the best action.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It's not enough, but better than nothing. The minimum one could do. And now he will neither follow this or any other agreement against climate change.