President Donald Trump Credit: AP/Alex Brandon
The Trump administration formally notified the United Nations of its plans to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement on Friday, explaining that the United States instead plans to work with countries to help them gain access to fossil fuels.
The notice comes two months after President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the White House announcing he would abandon the agreement. The State Department, in Friday’s notice, said the United States plans to continue to participate in international climate change negotiations and meetings, including the United Nations’ next meetings in November in Bonn, Germany.
“We will continue to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions through innovation and technology breakthroughs, and work with other countries to help them access and use fossil fuels more cleanly and efficiently and deploy renewable and other clean energy sources, given the importance of energy access and security in many nationally determined contributions,” the notice reads.
The goal of expanding access to fossil fuels is part of Trump’s new “energy dominance” agenda where his administration will work […]
