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

, --June 2, 2017

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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...

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