Posted on 12/04/2017 6:26:26 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump’s declaration on June 1, 2017, that he was withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which I helped to design, was framed as a call to nationalism, saying he was “elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”
But 75 percent of Pittsburghers voted for Hillary Clinton, who was in favor of the agreement, and since then the mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris have together endorsed the Paris agreement, in the joint goal of building a cleaner, safer world.
Many regions still face pressing issues around decarbonization of power and industry. Europe needs to do better at home and, with leadership from France and Germany, to continue engaging China and India, encouraging them to meet more ambitious targets.
The global movement that was founded upon the statements in the Paris agreement is about people, citizens’ concerns, economic expectations and technological development. It is not a technocratic legal document, nor about abandoning national sovereignty. We are working toward a shared vision of a common future, with the goal of safeguarding the planet for all.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Laurence Tubiana is C.E.O. of the European Climate Foundation and a professor at Sciences Po, in Paris. She was appointed the French ambassador to the 2015 COP21 climate change conference, where she was a key architect of the landmark Paris agreement.
Joseph Goebbels was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
And dragons, too. Don’t forget the dragons.
This is more of an indictment of the people of Pittsburgh than a vote for the Paris accord.
You are doing climate change, that’s why we invented Air conditioning
In the fast-changing area of electric power generation alone, twice as many Americans work with solar technologies as in fossil fuels.
Very ineffiecient use of labor. 2x the workers for one tenth the energy.
I stopped reading the article right there.
” . . . 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, which I helped to design,”
Yep, no bias or self aggrandizement there
And doesn’t “Pittsburgh” strongly imply the metro area?
Gawd, these people are such egotistical, lying losers
They just want the checks to keep coming.
Vowing to fight Climate Change is like vowing to fight Gravity.
Gravity always wins....................
THAT’S why the Left loves it......................
Were people hand-wringing about (man made) “climate change” as the planet was warming after the last Ice Age?
Me too!
I highlight the FRAUD at every opportunity.
These people are so full of self-righteousness they should join a convent................and leave the rest of us the hell alone.............
Time to perfect a new scam, because the climate change thingie isn't burning up the world like you thought it would.
Laurence is woman?
“But 75 percent of Pittsburghers voted for Hillary Clinton…”
And 65 percent were registered voters.
Hey “Laurence” why don’t you take your agenda to the universities in China, Russia, and other big polluters
And see how well you’re received
And today my FR friends, we get our daily classic example of the insanity brought on my liberalism.... We got it early today. Great way to start the week!!!
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