Tagged Paris Agreement

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Trump’s Pittsburgh Ploy

“Pittsburgh, not Paris.” Really, nothing better exemplifies the false promise of Trumpenomics than this cute little catchphrase likely coined by a newly Born-Again Bannon. It only makes sense that the man who thought Sarah Palin would be president is the same man who concocted this callow juxtaposition. Pittsburgh is the Steel City, right? And “Paris”? Well,…

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ON TRUMP’S BIG PARIS AGREEMENT PULL-OUT

President Trump just yanked the Yanks from a treaty that was intentionally designed to be mostly non-binding because the Senate would never pass a binding treaty on climate. It was, however, a significant global political agreement to move toward goals that would create a working framework built on an unprecedented consensus. Mostly, Paris was an…