Posted on 01/27/2017 8:31:01 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday indirectly targeting the Paris climate summit agreement signed by the Obama administration seeking to reduce carbon emission levels over the next two decades.
Trump will sign two memos broadly eliminating funding for any United Nations (U.N.) agencies which give full membership to terrorist organizations or which support programs that fund abortion. The memos would also direct committees to enact “at least a 40 percent overall decrease” in remaining funding toward international organizations and instruct committees to review any further treaties.
Trump, who made dismantling the Paris agreement a central part of his campaign message, does not intend to directly target the agreement, but instead will reduce U.N. funding, according to a Wednesday report by The News York Times.
Recent reports show 200 countries have reaffirmed pledges to comply with the Paris deal, which aims to keep so-called global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
“[F]rom what we’ve seen the [executive order] does not mention the Paris Agreement directly, but rather that would be reviewed by default if in fact all multilateral treaties are to be reviewed,” Rhys Gerholdt, a spokesman for the environmental think tank World Resources Institute, told reporters shortly after TheNYT’s report was published.
David Waskow, the program director for World Resources Institute, questioned Trump’s authority to retroactively slash funding for any U.N. programs since defunding the agency’s obligations would take congressional action from appropriators.
“It’s hard to know what its effect is,” Waskow said. “One of the questions I’ve had is what the executive authority is they are going on, given that appropriations generally can direct those decisions.”
The memos appear to fall in line with comments made by Trump’s U.N. Ambassador, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who told senators at her confirmation hearing in early January that she would impress upon the international agency that any solution to global warming must not come at the expense of U.S. businesses. The Republican also noted that she would not agree with last year’s Paris climate agreement if it results in draconian regulations that hurt American workers.
Trump once suggested that climate change is a “hoax created by China” to disrupt the U.S. economy and harm American business. He has since moderated his tone, telling reporters in December that he is “open-minded” on global warming and believes that climate change is probably naturally occurring.
He also promised to “cancel billions in global warming payments to the United Nations” and redirect the funds toward U.S. environmental programs instead, effectively undoing the $3 billion pledge former President Barack Obama made to the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund, a program giving funds to developing countries that reduce carbon emissions.
Good because from what I recall, we spend a FORTUNE for the next ten years, and then two years AFTER that, China starts spending.
Good plan. /s
GO TRUMP GO
Are you tired of winning yet?
Before the inauguration some of the news had folk wondering if Ivanka was going to soften President Trump’s stance on the Glow-bull warming hoax & enviro-wacko-ism in general.
This article plus news he’s cutting EPA staff in half should end those concerns.
Yesterday when mentioning energy he said “beautiful coal”.
YUGE & BIGLY AWESOME.
Somewhere Al Gore is bouncing off the walls.
Al Gore couldn’t satisfy Tipper.
Al Gore couldn’t satisfy himself.
At this point the climate in Paris is mostly cloudy with a chance for Islamic terrorism.
Not me! I could get used to this.
Did this occur yesterday as announced? A few of these are quietly slipping. He was also, according to John Roberts at Fox, supposed to rescind Obama’s amnesty. I don’t see that occurred yet.
Why don’t Trump send it to be voted on in congress?
Why don’t Trump send it to be voted on in congress?
Was it ever signed? This article is from Thursday and I didn’t hear anything about it.
Yeah! Absolutely congress needs to put the silver stake through these programs!
I think Trump is doing a bit of groundbreaking so the Wussie Rinos can poke their heads out of their hiding places.
Probably? The last few million years and dozens of Ice Age cycles hasn't been enough of an indicator?
They will tell you “They agreed to cut CO2 emissions”.
They don't even know what the details are...:^)
China has committed to peak its CO2 emissions by 2030 and to make best efforts to peak earlier. It will increase non-fossil energy to 20% of its energy consumption by 2030, which will require it to install 800 to 1,000 gigawatts in non-fossil capacity, equivalent to the entire current US generating capacity.
They have 17 years to increase their pollution and then think about reducing it. Some agreement!
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