While Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris Climate Accords is yet another step towards destroying America’s leadership in the world, not all is lost in the US. Many cities and states are continuing to focus on improving their sustainability practices, and many of the world’s biggest corporations are dedicated to drastically decreasing their carbon footprints. Progress will still be made in many arenas, but the biggest risk is that we could see a huge decrease in funding for basic scientific research. This will seriously hurt American businesses and the public; it definitely will NOT make America “great” again when all the research goes abroad.
WE somehow have to survive the next 3.5 years until Trump is booted from office (of course, I’m hoping that he will be forced from office long before then, but the entire GOP is part of the problem, so Trump’s removal alone won’t be enough.). But it will take years to recover from this disaster and utter failure of leadership.
https://www.wired.com/2017/06/even-without-paris-business-will-leave-trump-behind-climate-change/