Europe’s top climate official, European commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete, expressed “regret” about President Trump’s executive order rolling back what he called the “main pillar” of U.S. climate policy, the Clean Power Plan, in a statement to the Washington Post. “Despite all the current geopolitical uncertainties, the world can count on Europe to maintain global leadership in the fight against climate change. Those concerns about U.S. climate commitments under a Trump presidency could come up in May when diplomats gather for a working group meeting on the Paris climate agreement. “The Clean Power Plan is not tethered to the Paris accords,” Pruitt commented on ABC. Overall, estimates vary on just where the U.S. will be in 2025 or 2030 without the Clean Power Plan.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2017 15:18 UTC