Reports: Trump to pull out of Paris Climate Accord

As has become the norm lately, "unidentified sources" are indicating that President Trump will be pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. Liberal heads are exploding, doomsayers are predicting the end of the world, climate pimps are screeching, and the media is stoking the fires of its 24-hour panic machine. Build your bunkers, because there's a good chance the Earth will split in two later this week. As Fox news reports:

U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Axios news outlet reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with direct knowledge of the decision.

Trump, who has previously called global warming a hoax, refused to endorse the landmark climate change accord at a summit of the G7 group of wealthy nations on Saturday, saying he needed more time to decide. He then tweeted that he would make an announcement this week. Fox News also cited an unidentified source confirming the pullout.

Over at Axios, they're reporting that the decision being made isn't whether to pull out, it's how. President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision. Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. They're deciding on whether to initiate a full, formal withdrawal — which could take 3 years — or exit the underlying United Nations climate change treaty, which would be faster but more extreme. Trump himself has tweeted the following:

I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017

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A few things about this: 1: The world won't end. 2: You're going to hear a lot about how the only countries not embracing the accords are Nicaragua, Syria, and "Trump's America." That may be true insofar as those countries are not pretending to be on board with the Paris baloney. The reality is that many signatories (like Pakistan and India) are already violating the treaty. If anyone seriously believes mega-polluters like China and Russia will toe the line, they're nuts. Even supporters admit that there is no way to punish countries that fail to comply, because including such provisions would have kept polluting nations from coming on board - thus killing the "deal" before it was even signed. In short, the Paris climate accord is a toothless beast that places massive financial onus on the United States while much of the rest of the planet will ignore its regulations. 3: The accord contains all the hallmarks of a treaty, but because President Obama liked to do things by imperial proclamation, it was never treated as such. It should have been submitted to the Senate for ratification, but wasn't. It is, at best, on very shaky legal ground. I'm all for the environment. I'm an "out-doorsy" kind of guy. I believe we have a responsibility to protect the natural world. I don't believe - for a second - that the Paris agreement would have done jack squat to achieve that noble purpose.

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As The Heritage Foundation determined, (and as the Daily Signal Reports) it's a costly boondoggle that will cost American jobs, redistribute American dollars, and will fail to accomplish its alleged goal:

...this agreement’s effects on the U.S. economy and American quality of life would be staggering. It would result in increased U.S. electricity expenditures of 15-20 percent over the next decade, 400,000 fewer American jobs, a total income loss of over $30,000 for an American family of four, and a loss of over $2.5 trillion in U.S. gross domestic product. And all this would generate essentially zero environmental benefits.

If there was an environmental treaty that could be ratified legally, applied evenly across the globe, was enforceable, and would accomplish its goals, I'd be all for it. The Paris agreement isn't that treaty. It's an absolute mess, and President Trump is right to kill it.