Trump to withdraw U.S. from Paris climate agreement on first day back

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Trump to withdraw U.S. from Paris climate agreement on first day back

 
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20. [AP/YONHAP]

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it at an indoor Presidential Inauguration parade event in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20. [AP/YONHAP]

 
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, a global initiative to combat climate change, on his first day back in office Monday.


This marks the second time the United States has taken steps to exit the agreement, with the first withdrawal also occurring during Trump's presidency in 2017.
 
 

BY KIM JEE-HEE [[email protected]]
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