How President Trump had already killed Paris deal in his first 5 months

If you cut through the smoke and mirrors of President Trump’s announcement of withdrawal from the Paris accord, and take a cold hard look at what he has been doing for the past five months, one thing stands out. He has already demolished the moderate attempts made by Obama to tackle greenhouse gas emissions in the US through a series of orders. So much so that US commitments under the Paris deal were already dead in the water.

President Trump rescinded Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan (CAP). His “America First Energy Plan” promised to do away with “burdensome regulations on our energy industry” and reviving America’s coal industry. His executive order on “energy independence” initiated the process of “suspending, revising, and rescinding” a number of existing policies, including the Clean Power Plan. Several other federal policies aimed at controlling emissions are under review.