Paris climate change agreement is a 'bad deal', says pro-fossil fuels EPA chief Scott Pruitt

(The Independent, 27 Mar 2017) Barack Obama had hoped ratification of the historic international agreement would one day be viewed as 'the moment that we finally decided to save our planet'.

The historic Paris Agreement on climate change – hailed by Barack Obama as perhaps “the moment that we finally decided to save our planet” – is “a bad deal”, the climate science-denying head of the US Environmental Protection Agency has said.

Scott Pruitt, who as Oklahoma’s Attorney-General repeatedly sued the organisation he now leads, told US broadcaster ABC that China and India had “got away scot-free” under the terms of the deal and said the US had “penalised ourselves through lost jobs”.

Donald Trump has previously said he is considering withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement because, in his opinion, “nobody really knows” if climate change is real.

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The Independent, 27 Mar 2017: Paris climate change agreement is a 'bad deal', says pro-fossil fuels EPA chief Scott Pruitt