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Trump thumbs his nose at climate control

The man continues to be a disgrace. The latest New York Times Editorial " Our Disgraceful Exit From the Paris Accord " puts it all rather well....... "Only future generations will be able to calculate the full consequences of President Trump’s incredibly shortsighted approach to climate change, since it is they who will suffer the rising seas and crippling droughts that scientists say are inevitable unless the world brings fossil fuel emissions to heel. But this much is clear now: Mr. Trump’s policies — the latest of which was his decision to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change — have dismayed America’s allies, defied the wishes of much of the American business community he pretends to help, threatened America’s competitiveness as well as job growth in crucial industries and squandered what was left of America’s claim to leadership on an issue of global importance. The only clear winners, and we’ve looked hard to find them, are hard-core c