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10/23/2017 6:34 pm  #1


And Then There Were Two

Paris accord: US and Syria alone as Nicaragua signs

Nicaragua has signed the Paris climate agreement, meaning that the US and Syria are the only two countries not to be giving the accord their support.

The deal unites the world's nations in tackling climate change.

Nicaragua refused to sign it last year, arguing that it did not go far enough to tackle the problem.

In June President Donald Trump said the US would withdraw from the deal, but the rules of the agreement state that this cannot be done until 2020.

The president said it was part of his "solemn duty to protect America" and he would seek a new deal that would not disadvantage US businesses.

Scientists point out that work to implement the Paris accord must be stepped up if it is to have any chance of success.
The agreement commits the US and 187 other countries to keeping rising global temperatures "well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels and "endeavour to limit" them even more, to 1.5C.


We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists. 
 

10/23/2017 8:20 pm  #2


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And alas for the U.S. 

The cheese stands alone 
The cheese stands alone 
Hi-ho, the derry-o…
The cheese stands alone

Last edited by tennyson (10/23/2017 8:20 pm)


"Do not confuse motion and progress, A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress"
 
 

10/24/2017 11:39 am  #3


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June 1, 2017
President Trump delivers on a major campaign promise!  

President Trump followed through on his campaign promise to withdraw from the Paris climate accord by formally announcing the U.S. intention to pull out of the agreement, saying the move would help American workers and the economy.

  "The Paris climate accord is simply the latest example of Washington entering an agreement that disadvantages the U.S. leaving American workers, who I love, and tax payers to absorb the cost in terms of lost jobs and lower wages and vastly diminished economic reduction," Mr. Trump said. 

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 “We hold these truths to be self-evident,”  former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”

 
 

10/24/2017 11:44 am  #4


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Yea, it made his poor ignorant base happy.

Please explain how this accord was bad for us.

Last edited by Goose (10/24/2017 11:45 am)


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