President Donald Trump will withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord, the White House said on Jan. 20, after Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president.
This marks the second time Trump has pulled the nation out of the agreement, which he has repeatedly criticized as “very unfair” to the United States.
The announcement was made in a White House statement on Monday, which came as Trump was sworn in for a second term. Early in his first term, Trump announced he would cancel U.S. participation in the climate pact, but because of the complex rules of the treaty, the withdrawal didn’t formally take effect until Nov. 4, 2020, a day after that year’s presidential election….