CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. Statement from Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: “The President’s decision to pull out of the Paris Accord is a poor attempt to pit environmental protection and economic growth against each other. It’s a false choice. Chicago has proven you can create jobs while reducing your carbon footprint, and[Read More…]
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Sierra Club on Trump’s Paris Withdrawal: “One of the Most Ignorant and Dangerous” Actions of Any President
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. Today, Donald Trump announced he intends to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. According to the terms of the Agreement, no country can begin the withdrawal process until three years after the Agreement enters into force and the withdrawal would not take effect[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Trump’s Paris Agreement Withdrawal is a Profound Failure of Global Leadership
President Trump forfeits American leadership, willfully ignores the climate crisis and costs U.S. workers clean energy jobs Trump, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2014 at National Harbor, Maryland. Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2017. The following is a statement from Earthjustice President Trip[Read More…]
Western Environmental Law Center Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement
Taos –(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017. Today, President Trump stated he will withdraw the United States from the landmark Paris climate agreement. This would deliberately reject the will of over 70 percent of Americans who support the agreement and the increasingly alarmed warnings from the scientific community that climate change, if left[Read More…]
Former President Obama Condemns Trump’s Decision to Exit Paris Climate Accord
Barack Obama in Paris in 2015. Obama said cities and businesses ‘will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we’ve got.’ Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Former President Barack Obama released the following[Read More…]
Former Secretary of State John Kerry Blasts Trump’s Decision to Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate Accord as a ‘Big Mistake’
Boston, Mass.—(ENEWSPF)—June 1, 2017. By: Rosemary Piser Former Secretary of State John Kerry today blasted President Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Accord. Kerry, who in 2017 signed the Accord on behalf of the United States, said Trump was making a “big mistake.” John[Read More…]
Above-normal Atlantic Hurricane Season is Most Likely This Year
‘Weak or non-existent’ El Nino is a factor Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say the Atlantic could see another above-normal hurricane season this year. For the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 through November 30, forecasters predict a 45 percent chance of[Read More…]
House Approves Bill to Eliminate Clean Water Act Pesticide Protections
H.R. 953 Eliminates Public Right to Know When Pesticides Sprayed Directly Into Water WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2017. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that would eliminate critical Clean Water Act safeguards, allowing more pesticides to be sprayed directly into streams, lakes, rivers and drinking water supplies. If enacted into[Read More…]
Lawsuit Targets Trump’s Climate-change Censorship
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration to uncover public records showing that federal employees have been censored from using words or phrases related to climate change in formal agency communications. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to require[Read More…]
Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site
Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]
