03 June, 2017
"I spoke directly with the president three weeks ago about Paris", Musk said in a tweet at the time.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday the fight against climate change is "unstoppable" and nations should stick to the landmark Paris accord.
"By unilaterally pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord, President Trump is setting our planet on a catastrophic course", she said in a statement.
CT governor Dan Malloy and Virginia's Terry McAuliffe also expressed interest in joining the new alliance.
"Now, more than ever, we must be determined to solve climate change, and to challenge those leaders who do not believe in scientific facts or empirical truths", he went on.
"The president wants to ground it - we're going to fly it".
University of Canterbury political scientist Associate Professor Bronwyn Hayward said it felt "surreal" to listen to Trump's announcement while she packed to leave for an IPCC meeting in Paris. He said earlier this week that he had done everything he could to advise Mr Trump directly on the implications of leaving, adding he'd have no choice but to depart the councils in the event of an exit. We're supposed to get rid of ours.
Republican politicians and representatives of the coal industry cheered Mr Trump's action.
Trump, tapping into the "America First" message he used when he was elected president a year ago, said the Paris accord would undermine the USA economy, cost U.S. jobs, weaken American national sovereignty and put the country at a permanent disadvantage to other countries such as China.
But Juncker, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, and European Council President Donald Tusk are vowing to forge ahead with the Paris agreement without the US.
The Democratic governors' new pact commits to that same goal, which requires a 26 to 28% reduction in emissions from 2005 levels.
The executive order signed by Cuomo Thursday affirms ny state's climate and clean-energy goals, including a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050.
The statement created clashing appearances, with several former Goldman bankers having taken on important roles in the administration, including former Chief Operating Officer Gary Cohn, who was present for Trump's announcement in the White House Rose Garden. "It's not a hoax - the science is clear on climate change", said Indian- American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal. Moreover, both countries have committed to increasing their efforts to produce clean energy to counter the carbon emission from coal including those mentioned by Musk above.
He said he was "confident" even if the Trump government chose to abandon the deal, "our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lead the way, and help protect for future generations the one planet we've got".
Macron was not done yet, he also replied to Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan by saying 'Make the Planet Great Again!' "I hope that the number is zero", Ratas said.
