Delegates from other nations were surprised when the United States rejected a move to welcome the report and proposed only to “note” it. According to the federal Energy Information Administration, emissions had fallen in seven of the last 10 years before this year’s rise. White House aides rejected the notion that the regulatory changes are in conflict with the climate report, which they dismissed as focusing on the most extreme scenarios. On Thursday, the Trump administration announced its plan to reverse an Obama administration rule requiring coal-fired power plants to install technology that captures and lowers their carbon emissions. “I understand the Trump administration is not popular in those settings,” Holmstead said of global climate conferences.

Source: Washington Post December 10, 2018 00:32 UTC