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Michael Bloomberg Pledges $15Mil to Ensure U.S. Fulfills Paris Climate Accord

In response to President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, Michael Bloomberg said Thursday that his nonprofit foundation would commit $15 million to fill the gap left by the U.S. government backing out of the 2015 global agreement. On Friday the billionaire announced the creation of “America’s […]

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Nikki Haley says President Trump believes in climate change caused by pollution

WASHINGTON—When President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, he never said whether he believed in the science of global warming or if he still considers it a hoax, as he has said in the past. At least one of his aides, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the

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Nancy Pelosi: Donald Trump ‘dishonoring’ God in global warming decision

Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump was “dishonoring” God and questioned whether his grandchildren will even be able to breathe air after his announcement a day earlier that he would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. “How is he ever going to explain to his grandchildren what he did to the air they

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Ivanka Trump loses climate battle as Bannon re-emerges in White House

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement Thursday, delivering a blow to worldwide environmentalists, major European powers — and daughter Ivanka. In the process, Trump also revealed that his controversial chief strategist, Steve Bannon, who appeared to have fallen out of favor in recent months, has regained

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Obama lashes at Trump as climate legacy slips away

A frustrated former President Obama chided President Trump Thursday for canceling U.S. involvement in the Paris climate agreement, and insisted the rest of the world is still headed toward lower greenhouse gas emissions even without American leadership. Even as Mr. Trump was still speaking in the White House Rose Garden, announcing his decision, Mr. Obama

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Trump preparing to pull US from Paris climate accord, amid last-minute lobbying

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hasn’t made a final decision on whether the U.S. will quit the Paris Accord on climate change, but White House officials indicated Wednesday that he was headed in that direction, setting off a worldwide reaction. A flurry of leaks, counter-leaks and public statements thrust back into the spotlight a decision

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Donald Trump to exit Paris climate accord

President Trump is laying the groundwork for withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, launching a process that is likely to take some years. The details of the withdrawal are still in the works and the effort is being led by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to Axios, which reported Wednesday on the direction

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Two proposals to clean up our oceans of garbage: Will either work?

By now, most everyone knows this dirty truth about our oceans: Tons and tons of plastic waste in the form of bottles, bags, fishing nets, Styrofoam, and a myriad other containers are routinely discarded into the sea. Marine scientists estimate that over 5 trillion pieces of plastic currently litter the oceans. So is there any

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An 8-foot Great White jumped into a boat, and an elderly Australian fisherman didn’t even blink

Let’s all take a moment to appreciate 73-year-old Australian fisherman Terry Selwood’s reaction to a Great White shark hopping into his boat and staring him down for the perfection it is: “Well I’ll be buggered, there’s a shark in my boat.” Selwood’s experience was unlike any we’ve seen in recent memory, and to tell you

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As Trump wavers over Paris climate accord, European leaders give him an earful

WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump balking on his vow to shred the Obama-negotiated Paris agreement on climate change, the last place the pact’s staunch opponents wanted to see the president is where he will be this weekend — meeting other world leaders unanimous in their warnings that withdrawal from the accord would seriously damage

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