<story><title>Trump &apos;poised to quit Paris climate deal&apos;</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40108659</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chollida1</author><text>&amp;gt; The decision will put the United States in league with Syria and Nicaragua as the world’s only non-participants in the Paris Climate Agreement.&lt;p&gt;So I guess its up to private industry in the US to tackle climate change.&lt;p&gt;And just before people start complaining about Trump..&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; A letter from 22 Republican senators urging Mr Trump to withdraw played a major role in the decision, Axios said.&lt;p&gt;This is an American political issue not a Trump issue.....&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Canada, the European Union, and China have said they will honor their commitments to the pact even if the United States withdraws. A source told Reuters that India had also indicated it would stick by the deal.&lt;p&gt;This is much happier news</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lostcolony</author><text>So not even half of the Republican Senators, let alone all the Democratic ones? Hardly an &amp;#x27;American&amp;#x27; issue.</text></comment>
<story><title>Trump &apos;poised to quit Paris climate deal&apos;</title><url>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40108659</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>chollida1</author><text>&amp;gt; The decision will put the United States in league with Syria and Nicaragua as the world’s only non-participants in the Paris Climate Agreement.&lt;p&gt;So I guess its up to private industry in the US to tackle climate change.&lt;p&gt;And just before people start complaining about Trump..&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; A letter from 22 Republican senators urging Mr Trump to withdraw played a major role in the decision, Axios said.&lt;p&gt;This is an American political issue not a Trump issue.....&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Canada, the European Union, and China have said they will honor their commitments to the pact even if the United States withdraws. A source told Reuters that India had also indicated it would stick by the deal.&lt;p&gt;This is much happier news</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cooper12</author><text>&amp;gt; So I guess its up to private industry in the US to tackle climate change.&lt;p&gt;While I&amp;#x27;m guessing you&amp;#x27;re referring to those like the solar industry, it doesn&amp;#x27;t matter if the rest of the manufacturers don&amp;#x27;t follow along. Fat chance that under capitalism all these industries will say &amp;quot;maybe we should curtail our production rate and consumption of resources for the sake of the environment, even if we make less profit and aren&amp;#x27;t compelled to by the law&amp;quot;. [0] The free market demands that Moloch must continue being fed.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;80Az8Xx.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;80Az8Xx.jpg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>