WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier today, reports broke that the Department of Energy will close its Office of International Climate and Technology. This move comes after Trump announced that the U.S. is withdrawing from widely-supported Paris Agreement and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt refused to sign on to the G-7 environment ministers communique on climate.
In response, Sierra Club Global Climate Policy Director John Coequyt released the following statement:
“Donald Trump, Rick Perry, and the entire Administration have their heads so far in the sand at this point that you cannot even see their toes. Willfully ignoring the climate crisis is recklessly and unnecessarily dangerous for families and communities across the country, and it’s clear that Trump will stop at nothing to completely isolate the United States and irreparably damage our reputation with the rest of the world. Ignorance is not diplomacy, and if Trump were acting like a leader, he would know that.”
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