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State Department Issues Formal Withdrawal from Paris Accords

On Tuesday, the Trump Administration State Department issued a memorandum formally withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, following President Donald Trump’s executive order on the matter.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, the memo is one of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first actions after his confirmation, which was approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate shortly after President Trump’s inauguration on Monday. The order instructs the State Department’s mission to the United Nations (UN) to begin the withdrawal process effective immediately.

“President Trump is committed to pursuing an American First policy agenda,” the memo declares. “The Paris Agreement prompted restrictions on America’s ability to harvest vast natural resources and constraints on the American economy through oppressive domestic regulations.”

“This action is in keeping with the United States’ intention to become the world’s most dominant energy producer, cut costly and burdensome regulations, and unleash the American economy,” the memo continues.

The Paris Climate Accords have been a contentious political issue in the United States since President Obama first brought the nation into the agreement in 2015. President Trump then withdrew the country from the agreement in 2017 during his first term, before Joe Biden then re-entered the United States into the deal in 2021.

The agreement has been criticized as being harmful to domestic energy production in the name of combatting so-called “global warming.” President Trump campaigned on reviving American energy production, with the goal of returning the nation to a status of “energy dominance,” where it is not only independent of foreign energy supplies, but capable of producing enough energy to sell sources of energy to other countries around the world.

“I’m immediately withdrawing from the unfair, one-sided Paris climate Accord ripoff,” said President Trump on Monday after his inauguration. “The United States will not sabotage our own industries while China pollutes with impunity.”

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About Eric Lendrum

Eric Lendrum graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was the Secretary of the College Republicans and the founding chairman of the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter. He has interned for Young America’s Foundation, the Heritage Foundation, and the White House, and has worked for numerous campaigns including the 2018 re-election of Congressman Devin Nunes (CA-22). He is currently a co-host of The Right Take podcast.

Photo: RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 04: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump appears stage with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (R) and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a campaign rally at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 04, 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina. With one day left before the general election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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