Climate

Keeping a campaign pledge made during his successful run to the White House, President Trump on Thursday said the United States is withdrawing from the global climate agreement negotiated by close to 200 countries in late 2015.

President Trump was not moved by pressure from the largest oil and natural gas producers in the United States, announcing Thursday the country would pull out of the global climate agreement negotiated by close to 200 countries in late 2015.

The Trump administration may be rolling back Obama-era emissions limits, but at least two state governors aren’t letting that stop them from taking action to address climate change.

Nearly a dozen GOP attorneys general (AG) have called for an investigation into ExxonMobil Corp. research about the effects of fossil fuel production on climate change to be dismissed, claiming the probe by two Democratic colleagues is unconstitutional.

ExxonMobil Corp. has lost its home-court advantage after a Dallas judge agreed Wednesday to move to New York City a multi-state lawsuit seeking decades of internal documents and communications.

Two organizations representing major cities in the United States said they support the Clean Power Plan (CPP), which has come under fire from the Trump administration, and outlined plans to continue efforts to combat climate change, regardless of the position of the federal government.

ExxonMobil Corp. is urging the Trump administration to not pull out of the landmark climate change agreement cobbled together in late 2015 by more than 200 countries.

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday calling for sweeping changes in the energy sector, including an immediate reevaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) and lifting restrictions on oil, gas and coal production.

Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), said he is going to Washington, DC, this week to convince scientists at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to come West to work on the state’s effort to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.