Trump now has opening to pull US out of Paris climate pact

SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than two years President Donald Trump has talked about pulling the United States out of the landmark Paris climate agreement. Starting Monday he finally can do something about it. Even then, though, the withdrawal process takes a year and wouldn't become official until at least the day after the 2020 presidential election. In the Paris agreement, nearly 200 countries set their own national targets for reducing or controlling pollution of heat-trapping gases. It was negotiated in 2015 with lots of prodding by the United States and China and went into effect Nov. 4, 2016. The terms of the deal say no country can withdraw in the first three years. So Monday is the first time the U.S. could actually start the withdrawal proce
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