Protesters speak out against Paris Agreement withdrawal

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Channel: IBTimes UK · 2017 · News & Politics

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Protesters outside the White House called U.S. President Donald Trump a "puppet of the polluters" after he announced the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. During his statement Trump said the treaty was not really about climate change but instead aimed to give countries an "economic advantage over the U.S." Syria and Nicaragua are the only two other countries which haven't signed the agreement.

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