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Amid a widening partisan divide over climate change, Hawaii lawmakers have a message for President Donald Trump: The Paris agreement is needed. Rebelling against the president’s decision last week to … Click to Continue »

The Paris accord’s fate was sealed a year prior to its negotiation, at the little-noticed Lima climate conference of 2014. There, diplomats abandoned their decades-long pursuit of a binding agreement … Click to Continue »

Leaders of industries haven’t historically been leaders on climate change. Then why would Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Bob Iger and Jeff Immelt – a veritable who’s who of Fortune magazine … Click to Continue »

On the same day President Donald Trump announced the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, environmentalists took consolation in the closure of three large coal-fired power plants – … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in the Star Tribune on Friday, June 2: It’s “bad for business” remains one of President Trump’s main reasons for opposing the Paris Climate Agreement and … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in The San Diego Union-Tribune on Friday, June 2: A year and a half ago, upon its approval by nearly 200 nations, The San Diego Union-Tribune … Click to Continue »

Energy issues often create rare bipartisan alliances on Capitol Hill, but reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision Thursday to withdraw from the Paris climate change accord broke swiftly along partisan … Click to Continue »

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he took personal offense to President Donald Trump’s reference to the Steel City in announcing the United States’ departure from the Paris climate agreement. In … Click to Continue »

The U.S. will pull out of the Paris accord on global warming, President Donald Trump announced Thursday, relinquishing the country’s leadership role in the international fight against climate change. The … Click to Continue »

SAN FRANCISCO – Elon Musk may be just about done with President Donald Trump. Musk, who heads Tesla and SpaceX, is ready to quit the White House advisory councils he … Click to Continue »

President Donald Trump hasn’t made a final decision on whether the U.S. will quit the Paris Accord on climate change, but White House officials indicated Wednesday that he was headed … Click to Continue »

With President Donald Trump balking on his vow to shred the Obama-negotiated Paris agreement on climate change, the last place the pact’s staunch opponents wanted to see the president is … Click to Continue »

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, April 19: Donald Trump has been president for only three months and already he’s given up or reversed course … Click to Continue »