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Paris Agreement
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the national interest
Trump Hasn’t Destroyed Obama’s Legacy. He’s Revealed How Impressive It Was.A year later, Obama’s achievements are largely secure, and Trump has shown how weak the case against him was.
By Jonathan Chait
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climate change
When Will the Planet Be Too Hot for Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future.
By David Wallace-Wells
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Populist President: I’d Rather Get Advice From Wall Street Than ‘a Poor Person’At a rally in Iowa, Trump explains why his cabinet is filled with multimillionaires.
By Eric Levitz
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the national interest
Trump Chooses Most Ironic Location in the Entire World for Anti-France RallyThe president is either ignorant of American history or trolling those of us who aren’t.
By Jonathan Chait
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Trump Sees Alienating Our European Allies As an End in ItselfAnd four other frightening lessons from the president’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement.
By Eric Levitz
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What Quitting the Paris Climate Accord Will Do to the U.S., and the PlanetTrump’s decision may have serious consequences for the environment, the economy, and public health.
By Margaret Hartmann
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Trump Yanks U.S. Out of the Paris Climate AgreementTrump insisted that other nations are taking advantage of the U.S. with the deal.
By Adam K. Raymond
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Everything Conservatives Said About the Paris Climate Agreement Is Already WrongTrump wrecks an international pact to limit climate change because liberals like it.
By Jonathan Chait
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Elon Musk Threatens to Quit Advising White House If Trump Ditches Paris DealThe SpaceX and Tesla CEO has joined scores of other businesspeople speaking out in favor of the agreement.
By Adam K. Raymond
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global warming
Report: Trump Saying He Will Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate DealAmerica’s exit from the agreement wouldn’t doom the 195-country pact, but it would increase the danger the world faces from global warming.
By Chas Danner
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Trump Consults Fake-News Memes When Contemplating Climate-Change PolicyAs Trump mulls the Paris deal, his deputy national security adviser provides him with a key bit of intel: a fake Time story about global cooling.
By Eric Levitz
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Trump Reportedly Leaning Toward Exiting Paris Climate DealThe U.S. may isolate itself from every other country so as to abandon a deal that doesn’t even legally restrain its right to pollute.
By Eric Levitz
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EPA Lobbies Coal Industry to Oppose Paris Climate AccordScott Pruitt reportedly urged the National Mining Association to declare its opposition to the Paris agreement.
By Eric Levitz
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Will a Former Exxon CEO Save the Paris Climate Deal?Bannon is pushing for Trump to pull out of the agreement. But Rex Tillerson and Ivanka oppose needlessly undermining America’s standing in the world.
By Eric Levitz