Trump signs executive order to withdraw from Paris Climate Change Agreement

US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order to withdraw from the ambitious Paris Agreement on Climate Change a fulfilment of a campaign promiseI am immediately withdrawing from the unfair onesided Paris climate accord Trump said before signing the executive order at an inauguration event at Washingtons Capital One arena hereNotably Trump had withdrawn from the Paris Agreement immediately after his first inauguration in January 2017 Joe Biden reversed that decision laterThe Paris Agreement places unfair economic burdens on American workers businesses and taxpayers It hampers the economic and national security of the United States while allowing the worlds leading polluters such as China to continue to pollute according to the Trump teamDescribing it as a onesided agreement Trump said the United States will not sabotage its own industries while China pollutes with impunityChina I mean look they use a lot of dirty energy but they produce a lot of energy and when that stuff goes up in the air you know it doesnt stay there he saidIts not like you got a wall We love walls dont we Not like you have a wall around and it floats into the United States of America after three and a half to five and a half days It floats across the oceans and it comes right over your neighbourhood and it falls into your neighbourhood So they all say we have to fight for cleaner air but the other dirty air is dropping all over us so what the hell are they talking aboutiquest Trump saidUnless everybody does it it just doesnt work We had the cleanest air and the cleanest water that this country has ever had under the Trump administration and we didnt do anything to stop jobs and stop productioniquest he addedThe executive order says that the United States Ambassador to the United Nations shall immediately submit formal written notification of its withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeThe US will consider its withdrawal from the Agreement and any attendant obligations to be effective immediately upon this provision of notificationIt is the policy of my Administration to put the interests of the United States and the American people first in the development and negotiation of any international agreements with the potential to damage or stifle the American economy These agreements must not unduly or unfairly burden the United States the executive order saysObserving that the US must grow its economy and maintain jobs for its citizens the executive order said over decades with the help of sensible policies that do not encumber privatesector activity the United States has simultaneously grown its economy raised worker wages increased energy production reduced air and water pollution and reduced greenhouse gas emissionsThe United States successful track record of advancing both economic and environmental objectives should be a model for other countries it saidIn recent years the United States has purported to join international agreements and initiatives that do not reflect our countrys values or our contributions to the pursuit of economic and environmental objectives Moreover these agreements steer American taxpayer dollars to countries that do not require or merit financial assistance in the interests of the American people said the executive orderThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever