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The U.S. Can’t Leave the Paris Climate Deal Just Yet
New York Times ^ | June 7, 2017 | By BRAD PLUMER

Posted on 06/07/2017 1:23:03 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Last week, President Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. But it will take more than one speech to pull out: Under the rules of the deal, which the White House says it will follow, the earliest any country can leave is Nov. 4, 2020. That means the United States will remain a party to the accord for nearly all of Mr. Trump’s current term, and it could still try to influence the climate talks during that span.

So the next four years will be a busy time for climate policy. Mr. Trump’s aides plan to keep working to dismantle domestic climate programs like the Clean Power Plan. And the world’s nations will meet regularly to hash out details of the Paris agreement, even as the United States’ exit looms. Here is what comes next.

November 2017

Negotiators for 195 nations will meet in Bonn, Germany, to discuss how to carry out the Paris agreement. Every country has already submitted an initial pledge for curbing greenhouse gas emissions. But officials now have to write rules for monitoring and verifying those pledges.

Technically, the United States is still the co-chair of a key committee on transparency measures. In the past, American officials have taken a keen interest in this topic, pushing for robust oversight of emissions. By contrast, countries like China have argued for looser scrutiny for developing nations.

“The question is whether the Trump administration still shows up for those discussions,” said Andrew Light, a senior climate change adviser at the State Department under President Barack Obama. “If they really are pushing to ‘renegotiate’ the deal, as they say, I don’t see why they wouldn’t go.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakenews; fakescience; globalism; globalwarming; hoax; noparisaccords; nyts; socialism; trumpclimatechange
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1 posted on 06/07/2017 1:23:04 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Are we, or are we not, a sovereign nation?.


2 posted on 06/07/2017 1:25:00 PM PDT by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As has been mentioned already, no enforcement mechanism in the Accord, so no reason to do anything about the goals. Plus, the Accord wasn’t ratified anyway, so there’s question as to whether the US is even a party to the Accord.

More Graveyard Whistling from the Slimes.


3 posted on 06/07/2017 1:25:39 PM PDT by Little Pig
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How does this make sense? Obie didn’t get the approval of Congress. It’s not binding. Screw them.


4 posted on 06/07/2017 1:26:11 PM PDT by wattsgnu
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s a “nonbinding” agreement
And we are not going to cripple our fossil fuel industry to meet goals no one else is close to reaching
Nor is the UN is any position to DEMAND we pay into a climate slush fund


5 posted on 06/07/2017 1:27:01 PM PDT by silverleaf (We voted for change, not leftover change)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The accord wasn’t Constitutionally legal to begin with, so the 2020 date is a moot subject.


6 posted on 06/07/2017 1:27:23 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Watch us, Europe.


8 posted on 06/07/2017 1:30:22 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Or else what? Double secret probation?


9 posted on 06/07/2017 1:30:38 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Senate should have thought of all this before they ratified it. Oh, yeah, that’s right, they didn’t ratify it.


10 posted on 06/07/2017 1:30:43 PM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Apparently these idiots don't understand the meaning of the term "non-binding".

But they'll get it eventually...

11 posted on 06/07/2017 1:31:06 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

Just watch.


12 posted on 06/07/2017 1:31:49 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

B/S. When was this treaty ratified by the senate?


13 posted on 06/07/2017 1:32:31 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Post it NYTimes. Under the rules of the deal,
14 posted on 06/07/2017 1:33:31 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Under the rules of the deal, which the White House says it will follow, the earliest any country can leave is Nov. 4, 2020.”

Seems to me that this is the operative question. Trump needs to say publicly if he indeed plans to wait 4 years to leave. And the collateral question should be will the US put in any money during the exiting process?


15 posted on 06/07/2017 1:34:03 PM PDT by vette6387
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Under the rules of the deal, which the White House says it will follow...

Why?!

16 posted on 06/07/2017 1:35:27 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

BS. Cut the cash flow to Zer0, immedidetaly.


17 posted on 06/07/2017 1:36:59 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Says who?

We are out.

They can say we’re part of the club, but we have quit participating.

Fake News New York Times can fantasize all they want...they can even imagine Hitlery is in the White House.

Game over.

Period. Full stop.


18 posted on 06/07/2017 1:38:30 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s all the liberal papers and Governors.

They can’t stop saying “deal”.

Well, the deal is this, we are out.


19 posted on 06/07/2017 1:40:18 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How many divisions do the environmentalist wacjobs have?


20 posted on 06/07/2017 1:41:05 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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