{"id":1398,"date":"2017-06-02T18:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/trumps-climate-speech-more-fiction-than-fact\/"},"modified":"2017-06-02T18:56:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:56:00","slug":"trumps-climate-speech-more-fiction-than-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-climate-speech-more-fiction-than-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Climate Speech More Fiction Than Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria 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11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapedefaults v:ext=\"edit\" spidmax=\"1026\" \/>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n<o:shapelayout v:ext=\"edit\">\n<o:idmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\" \/>\n<\/o:shapelayout><\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Yesterday, &ldquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">President Donald Trump <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/fact-checking-trump-s-paris-agreement-speech-n767331\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">announced<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> his intention for the United States to leave the Paris climate agreement&hellip;in a lengthy and rambling speech that <b>veered into inaccurate territory several times.<\/b>&rdquo; <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">According to <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/energy-and-environment\/2017\/6\/2\/15727984\/deceptions-trump-paris-speech\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Vox<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">, &ldquo;virtually every passage [of the speech] contains something <b>false or misleading<\/b>.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump used <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fact-check-trump-reasons-for-leaving-paris-agreement-2017-6\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;questionable data&rdquo;<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> from a <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/article\/2017\/jun\/01\/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-withdrawing-\/\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;flawed study&rdquo;<\/span><\/b><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> to press his case for dropping from the climate agreement, easily fact checked by &ldquo;anybody with Google on their phone,&rdquo; <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/06\/01\/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong\/#3K3uAKnNP5qc\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">according<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> to an Obama official who helped negotiate the original agreement.<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Here are a few key fact checks of Trump&rsquo;s many lies:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fact-check-trump-reasons-for-leaving-paris-agreement-2017-6\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Business Insider<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree &mdash; think of that, this much &mdash; Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100&#8230;Tiny, tiny amount.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;Nine-tenths of a degree on a global scale is huge. Since the industrial revolution, global temperatures on average have risen <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climate.nasa.gov\/vital-signs\/global-temperature\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">0.99 degrees Celsius, according to NASA<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">. That&#39;s not so far from .90, and we&#39;re already seeing plenty of <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/afp-climate-science-bad-news-gets-worse-2017-6\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">dramatic changes around the planet<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">. Even a reduction of two-tenths of a degree would not be &#8220;tiny&#8221; &mdash; it would be 20% of the increase we&#39;ve already seen.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_TRUMP_CLIMATE_FACT_CHECK?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">AP<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The White House said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The Paris climate accord &lsquo;would effectively decapitate our coal industry.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;The U.S. coal industry was in decline long before the Paris accord was signed in 2015. The primary cause has been competition from cleaner-burning natural gas.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2017\/06\/02\/fact-checking-trump-speech-paris-climate-agreement\/102399674\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">USA Today<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> The &ldquo;U.S. would be exposed to &lsquo;massive legal liability if we stay in&rsquo; the Paris Agreement.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;There is no liability mechanism in the Paris Agreement. International environmental law experts tell us that pulling out of the agreement won&rsquo;t reduce U.S. exposure to liability claims and, in fact, may increase it.<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The [Paris] agreement would cost &lsquo;close to $3 trillion in lost GDP.&rsquo;&rdquo; <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;That&rsquo;s one estimate from a report for a business-funded group that found a much smaller impact under a different scenario. Yet another analysis said the impact of meeting the emissions targets would be &lsquo;modest.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/fact-checker\/wp\/2017\/06\/01\/fact-checking-president-trumps-claims-on-the-paris-climate-change-deal\/?utm_term=.6fcb4dad698f\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Washington Post<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p> <\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump claimed that<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: &ldquo;The agreement left the United States at a competitive disadvantage, harming U.S. industries.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;He often ignored the benefits that could come from tackling climate change, including potential green jobs.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/article\/2017\/jun\/01\/fact-checking-donald-trumps-statement-withdrawing-\/\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Politifact<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said: <\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;<\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can&#39;t build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto;background:white\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;Under the Paris agreement, each country publicly declares how much it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and what it will do to get there. So in that sense, the agreement doesn&rsquo;t allow or disallow specific actions, like building plants. Regardless, China has actually taken steps to stop building coal plants.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/01\/531090243\/trumps-speech-on-paris-climate-agreement-withdrawal-annotated\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">NPR<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> &ldquo;The economy is starting to come back and very, very rapidly.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;The economy grew at an <\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bea.gov\/newsreleases\/national\/gdp\/gdpnewsrelease.htm\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">annual rate of 1.2 percent<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> in the first quarter of 2017. That&rsquo;s hardly &lsquo;rapid.&rsquo; In fact, it&rsquo;s a decline from the fourth quarter of 2016, when GDP grew at a 2.1 percent annual rate.&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2017\/06\/01\/trump-paris-climate-agreement-8-signs-wrong\/#3K3uAKnNP5qc\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Mashable<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;The <span style=\"background:white\"> U.S. will begin to withdraw from the Paris agreement &lsquo;but begin negotiations to reenter either the Paris accord or a really entirely new transaction.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;<span style=\"background:white\">The Paris treaty isn&rsquo;t something that one country or many countries can renegotiate on their own. It&rsquo;s all or none.<\/span>&rdquo;<\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/06\/01\/us\/politics\/fact-check-climate-change-trump.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=b-lede-package-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news&amp;_r=0\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">New York Times<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Trump said:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <span style=\"background:white\">&ldquo;The climate pact would result in &lsquo;as much as 2.7 million lost jobs by 2025,&rsquo; of which 440,000 would be in manufacturing.&rdquo; <\/span><\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\">&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;mso-add-space:auto\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The fact is:<\/span><\/b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"> <\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">&ldquo;<span style=\"background:white\">A raft of studies &mdash; from environmental organizations, Citibank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development &mdash; argue that a failure to mitigate the effects of climate change could cost the economy trillions of dollars.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><span new=\"\" roman=\"\" style=\"font-family:\" times=\"\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, &ldquo;President Donald Trump announced his intention for the United States to leave the Paris climate agreement&hellip;in a lengthy and rambling speech that veered into inaccurate territory several times.&rdquo; According to Vox, &ldquo;virtually every passage [of the speech] contains something false or misleading.&rdquo; &nbsp; Trump used &ldquo;questionable data&rdquo; from a &ldquo;flawed study&rdquo; to press his <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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