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Trump's Officials Suggest Re-Negotiating The Paris Climate Accord (msn.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the on-again-off-again dept.

Slashdot reader whh3 brings surprising news from the Wall Street Journal. "Trump administration officials said Saturday the U.S. wouldn't pull out of the Paris Agreement, offering to re-engage in the international deal to fight climate change, according to multiple officials at a global warming summit." Today an anonymous reader writes: Even an official White House statement in response to the article insisted only that the U.S. would withdraw "unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favorable to our country." On Sunday White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster "said President Donald Trump could decide to keep the U.S. in the Paris Climate Accord if there is a better agreement that benefits the American people," according to ABC News, while CNBC reports that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also "said the United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the right conditions. 'The president said he is open to finding those conditions where we can remain engaged with others on what we all agree is still a challenging issue.'"

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  1. Remember NAFTA! by cdreimer · · Score: 2, Funny

    How's that NAFTA renegotiation?

    1. Re: Remember NAFTA! by Chromium_One · · Score: 2, Funny

      0/10

      You're not even trying to emulate a goddamned moron, hell, you're barely above emulating a Markov chain. Might wanna stop before you hurt yourself again.

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  2. "Paris Climate Accord" is the problem... by vux984 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "an official White House statement in response to the article insisted only that the U.S. would withdraw "unless we can re-enter on terms that are more favorable to our country."

    What exactly would be more favorable than: "a voluntary non-binding commitment, where you set your own terms that you can then ignore"?

    Clearly the problem is the name? If we renamed it the 'Trump Climate Accord' that would solve only real issue the current White House has.

  3. Re: Good by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    27 pages is an awful lot of document to just state that.

    If it's that short, can't we just add the Paris Climate Accord agreement to the iTunes EULA. That way, we can get everyone to agree to it without noticing.

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  4. Re: What is US trying to renegotiate? by presidenteloco · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have no idea, but the US shouldn't be let back in without paying a special "stupid" tax - for all the toxic disinformation they spew on this topic.

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