“Seven out of 10 Americans support remaining in the agreement, according to a national poll conducted by the Yale Program on Climate Communication after the election,” wrote Robinson Meyer of The Atlantic. “This cuts across parties: A majority of self-identified Democrats, Republicans, and independents all want to stay in the accord.”
Read the full article here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/most-americans-support-staying-in-the-paris-agreement/528663/
Worth a read if you want a clearer perspective of bipartisan views about the Paris Agreement. Sourced directly from the the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Breitbart is a notorious far-right news organization whose affiliates include Steve Bannon and Milo Yiannopoulos. The underlying message with the following piece is designed to support fossil fuels, denounce Paris energy goals and ultimately strengthen their conspicuously biased conservative views.
Read the full article here: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/22/report-most-signatories-are-ignoring-or-abandoning-paris-climate-commitments/
Comedian John Oliver slams Trump for pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement:
Secretary of Energy Rick Perry doesn’t believe human activity largely contributes to climate change. He believes coal power is harmless to the environment and does not support the Paris Agreement. His agenda to subsidize coal and nuclear energy is a step in the wrong direction.
“If [Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] agrees with Perry, and if it decides coal and nuclear are more reliable, the result could potentially mean reducing the use of solar, wind and natural gas by key grid operators in favor of coal and nuclear,” said Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson of The Washington Post.
Read the full article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/09/29/rick-perry-proposes-sweeping-new-moves-to-support-coal-and-nuclear-plants/?utm_term=.c8c6baff4b96
Nicaragua came around and signed the Paris Agreement this week, leaving the U.S. and Syria the only two countries out of the pact.
“Scientists from more developed countries, scientists working at Nasa, European scientists, everyone agrees that we must stop the process that is leading to the destruction of the planet,” said Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
Read the full article here: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41729297
Before-and-after images of locations on planet Earth by NASA to visualize climate change:
https://climate.nasa.gov/images-of-change?id=628#628-hurricane-irma-turns-virgin-islands-brown
Christian leaders want governments to follow through with Paris Agreement promises which shows that this is not just a secularist issue – it’s a human issue.
“As Christians across the globe we are calling for action on climate change,” wrote Renew Our World, a partnership of several Christian groups. “The changing climate is causing great damage to people and planet right now, and we are particularly concerned about hunger and poverty hitting the most vulnerable communities, who did least to cause it.”
Read the full article here: http://www.christiandaily.com/article/christian-leaders-demand-implementation-of-paris-agreement-ahead-of-climate-change-conference/61336.htm
The French government presents an infographical look at the stages of implementation of the Paris Agreement.
Conservative think tank Nicolas Loris says that the U.S. should not renegotiate the pact, because the agreement is too costly and we can reduce carbon emissions without it.
“We don’t need to renegotiate,” said Loris. “We don’t need Paris at all.”
Read the full article here: http://fortune.com/2017/09/26/renegotiate-paris-agreement-donald-trump/
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