There is a general agreement within the scientific community that Earth is getting warmer because of an intensified Greenhouse effect resulting from increased CO2 in emissions from industry, vehicles, and the burning of forests. Global climate change is influencing architecture, causing polar ice to melt, and altering weather patterns. In response to these threats, 196 parties negotiated the Paris agreement in 2015. Soon after, 195 members signed an agreement to follow its provisions. However, in June 2017, you as President Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the agreement, stating that this withdrawal is meant to help US businesses and workers, especially those in the fossil fuel industry. Do you agree with this decision? In what ways do my efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses hurt the economy? How can those costs be weighed against the cost of global climate change? Would you vote to stay in the Paris agreement or withdraw from it? Explain .

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There is a general agreement within the scientific community that Earth is getting warmer because of an intensified Greenhouse effect resulting from increased CO2 in emissions from industry, vehicles, and the burning of forests. Global climate change is influencing architecture, causing polar ice to melt, and altering weather patterns. In response to these threats, 196 parties negotiated the Paris agreement in 2015. Soon after, 195 members signed an agreement to follow its provisions. However, in June 2017, you as President Donald Trump announced that the US would withdraw from the agreement, stating that this withdrawal is meant to help US businesses and workers, especially those in the fossil fuel industry. Do you agree with this decision? In what ways do my efforts to reduce greenhouse gasses hurt the economy? How can those costs be weighed against the cost of global climate change? Would you vote to stay in the Paris agreement or withdraw from it? Explain .

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