Inslee Blasts GOP Calls For 'Global' Climate Action, Citing Paris Departure

April 2, 2019
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D), who is running a climate-focused 2020 presidential campaign, is criticizing Republicans for simultaneously highlighting the need for greater global action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, especially in developing countries, while also backing President Donald Trump's decision to leave the Paris Agreement. “It's hardly helpful when the vast, vast majority of humanity has recognized this existential threat to their life on this planet, then you have the leader of free world tear it up and walk...


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