Posted on 11/03/2019 5:36:50 PM PST by Olog-hai
For more than two years President Donald Trump has talked about pulling the United States out of the landmark Paris climate agreement . Starting Monday he finally can do something about it.
Even then, though, the withdrawal process takes a year and wouldn’t become official until at least the day after the 2020 presidential election. […]
The terms of the deal say no country can withdraw in the first three years. So Monday is the first time the U.S. could actually start the withdrawal process, which begins with a letter to the United Nations. And it doesn’t become official for a year after that, which leads to the day after the election.
If someone other than Trump wins in 2020, the next president could get back in the deal in just 30 days and plan to cut carbon pollution, said Andrew Light, a former Obama State Department climate negotiator now at the nonprofit World Resources Institute. …
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How is this “pact” binding without senate treaty approvals?
Exactly. It is just agreement, and not a binding treaty.
What the heck I thought we were already out of that!
Yeah, me too!
What’s so damn hard about sending them a letter saying “We quit! We don’t give a fig about your 3 year withdrawal requirement. Don’t call us; we’ll call you.”
Treaties and deals get violated all the time. What would they do if we violated the withdrawal terms? Call us names? Hate our president? Hate the United States? Sue us?
and the obstacles put in place to try to stop anyone exiting Paris (likewise EU/Brexit?) only reinforces what a scam the entire gloBULL warming nonsense is.
if a letter is to be sent off to initiate the exit, SEND IT NOW, Mr. President.
I thought we were already out. WTH?
Sorry Paris Accord.
We have environmental disasters in our liberal run cities.
We need to clean up there 1st
It isn’t. The liemedia, since they want to convince everyone to submit to globull taxation, lies to claim we need to withdraw from what we never entered.
In their lies, every word uttered by Zero is law, and any judge can override Orange-Man-Bad at any time.
Perfect reason to get out NOW and not wait! Excellent.
We’ve been out of this “treaty” since Day One of Trump Presidency... it’s voluntary!
Wouldn’t mind this tripe in an avowedly partisan publication. It’s disgusting to see it parlayed as “news”.
We’ve been out of this “treaty” since Day One of Trump Presidency... it’s voluntary!
Wouldn’t mind this tripe in an avowedly partisan publication. It’s disgusting to see it parlayed as “news”.
We aren’t even in are we ?
In the infamous words of Monica Lewinsky to Bill Clinton, “Pull out Damn you, Pull out!”
Then put it in front of the senate for a ratification vote.
I thought we were already ‘out’ of it ?
“How is this “pact” binding without senate treaty approvals?”
my first thought as well ...
“How is this “pact” binding without senate treaty approvals?”
The plan, of course, was for Hillary to treat the treaty as binding, and then, when people sue, simply use her judges to make that the law.
This is just one example of what we very nearly had to deal with (God, I wish Ted Cruz could have figured it out in 2016...the election would not have been nearly as close). Anyway, for those wanting to ‘teach the Republicans a lesson’ next November...please think REAL HARD as to what you’re enabling.
We were never part of the Paris Climate Crap, so Trump doesn’t need to pull out of it.
Lets not.
In fact lets say the whole issue is entirely too stupid to spend the Senate’s time on.
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