The U.S. Has Officially Withdrawn from the Paris Climate Agreement November 5, 2020 As of yesterday morning, the United States is officially no longer a part of the Paris Climate Agreement. President Trump announced his intention to abandon the pact back in 2017, but due to the lengthy process, the U.S. has just now been formally withdrawn. According to The New York Times: On Nov. 4, 2019, the earliest possible day under United Nations rules that a country could begin the final withdrawal process, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo filed paperwork to do so. It automatically finalized a year later. … President Trump has called the Paris Agreement “job-killing” and said it would “punish the American people while enriching foreign polluters.” We at Power the Future, could not agree more and commended President Trump for his decision to withdraw. Daniel Turner, Executive Director at PTF tweeted: The United States has officially withdrawn from the Paris climate agreement.$3 trillion in U.S. output SAVED6 million industrial jobs SAVED3 million manufacturing jobs SAVEDJoe Biden would immediately rejoin this disastrous deal and devastate the American economy.— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) November 5, 2020 It’s clear that the Biden/Harris campaign plans to go big on climate with their radical $2 trillion climate plan. As part of that plan, if elected, Biden will immediately rejoin the Paris Agreement and put the 10 million American jobs the oil and gas industry supports at risk. Back to Blog Posts
