Tag «Paris Agreement»

U.S. exit from Paris Agreement will accelerate climate crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a highly dramatized Rose Garden event, Donald Trump today announced that the U.S. will begin the process of leaving the Paris climate agreement. Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth, U.S., issued the following statement: Today, Donald Trump turned the fate of the planet into a reality T.V. show hosted …

Leaving Paris Agreement makes U.S. foremost climate villain

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – It is being reported today that Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica made the following statement about today’s reports: Donald Trump is on a mission to sacrifice our planet to the fossil fuel industry. By …

Fossil fuel corporations are the only winners at White House meeting on Paris Agreement

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump’s advisors and cabinet officials will today convene a meeting to consider the United States’ commitment to the Paris Agreement, according to reports. The two choices under consideration are weakening the U.S’s already inadequate commitment under the Agreement or pulling out of the pact altogether. Friends of the Earth Senior …