A European official said Saturday that the Trump administration has softened its opposition to the landmark Paris climate accord and may not completely withdraw after all. "There has been no change in the United States' position on the Paris agreement," said Lindsay Walters, a presidential spokeswoman. Later, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders wrote on Twitter, “Our position on the Paris agreement has not changed. In the interim, Trump has said he hopes to renegotiate an accord "on terms that are fair to the United States." "The Paris agreement should not be renegotiated," said Xie Zhenhua, China’s special representative for climate change affairs.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 16, 2017 23:48 UTC