Donald Trump has announced he will pull the United States from the Paris climate accord.
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The decision, which comes from an administration with virtually no science advisors, runs counter to pretty much every other industrialized country in the world and a 5-to-1 consensus among voters that we should stay in the agreement.
The Paris deal is a voluntary agreement, signed in 2015, in which 197 countries agreed to try to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions with the goal of keeping global warming under 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
Trump’s decision did not go unnoticed on Twitter, where people rained down fire.
.@realDonaldTrump preparing his #ParisAgreement withdrawal remarks. #ActOnClimate pic.twitter.com/a7l0LHwxZw
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) June 1, 2017
Pulling out of the Paris Agreement would be a massive step back for racial justice, and an assault on communities of color across the U.S.
— ACLU (@ACLU) June 1, 2017
Multiple people covered the crowds that were gathering outside the White House.
HUGE crowd outside the White House to support the #ParisAgreement and demand #climate action. Do you hear us, @realDonaldTrump? pic.twitter.com/R09j0Vaun0
— Ben Cushing (@bmcushing) June 1, 2017
I'm at the White House. The ever growing crowd has started chanting "SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!"#ParisAgreement pic.twitter.com/l3zHWIaCxF
— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) June 1, 2017
Elon Musk, who had threatened to leave Trump’s presidential council if we left Paris, jumped in:
Am departing presidential councils. Climate change is real. Leaving Paris is not good for America or the world.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 1, 2017
Continue the next page to check out how Leo DiCaprio respond about the news.
