In a major shift in environmental policy, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order late Monday to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate accord for the second time.
\"I'm revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration,\" Trump announced at the signing ceremony. Criticizing clean energy initiatives as expensive and wasteful, he declared a national energy emergency, emphasizing the nation's abundant oil and gas resources.
\"We will drill, baby, drill,\" Trump pledged, underscoring his administration's commitment to expanding fossil fuel extraction and utilization. \"We have something that no other manufacturing nation will ever have – the largest amount of oil and gas of any country on Earth,\" he stated. \"And we are going to use it.\"
The decision marks a significant departure from global efforts to combat climate change, potentially impacting international relations and the U.S.'s role in future environmental initiatives.
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