Paris Climate Agreement

2015

2015-08-03 (context) After the Paris Climate Agreement conference, Obama initiated the Clean Power Plan. For context, the US is responsible for almost 20% of historical cumulative emissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Power_Plan

https://www.obama.org/stories/paris-climate-agreement/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1440918/historic-contributions-to-global-warming-united-states/

2017

2017-06-01 Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord.

https://globalaffairs.org/research/public-opinion-survey/despite-us-withdrawal-paris-agreement-majority-still-supports-it

2025 January

2025-01-20 Project 2025, page 709 outlines intentions to withdraw from the UN Paris Agreement and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. On page 366 the mandate – written by the Heritage Foundation – complains about subsidies for clean energy.

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

2025-01-20 Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord a second time.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-s1-5266207/trump-paris-agreement-biden-climate-change