4 Reasons Trump Was Right to Pull Out of the Paris Agreement
• The Paris Agreement was costly and ineffective • The agreement wasted taxpayer money • Withdrawal is a demonstration of leadership • Withdrawal is good for American energy competitiveness
Katie Tubb is a policy analyst for the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a key campaign pledge, announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.
The Paris Agreement, which committed the U.S. to drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a truly bad deal—bad for American taxpayers, American energy companies, and every single American who depends on affordable, reliable energy. -- More...