{"id":31060,"date":"2017-06-01T04:52:29","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=31060"},"modified":"2017-06-01T04:52:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T04:52:29","slug":"pro-paris-agreement-protest-planned-outside-white-house-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pro-paris-agreement-protest-planned-outside-white-house-thursday.html","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Paris agreement protest planned outside the White House Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Pro-Paris agreement protest planned outside the White House Thursday<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">A Washington, D.C. environmental group is calling a last-minute protest on Thursday to oppose President Trump&#39;s expected withdrawal from the Paris climate deal.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">The protest, organized by 350 DC, was announced on Wednesday and is set to follow Trump&#39;s announcement on Thursday of whether the U.S. will remain a party to the 195-nation agreement aimed at curbing the effects of climate change.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">At the time of this writing, about 470 Facebook users had committed to going to the protest and more than 1,000 were &#39;interested&#39; in attending.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Trump is reportedly leaning toward a withdrawal from the deal, a move that would signal president&#39;s strongest effort yet to unravel former President Obama&#39;s environmental policies.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">&quot;This decision sends a dangerous signal to the rest of the world that the United States doesn&rsquo;t honor its commitments,&quot; the Facebook event page for the protest reads. &quot;The Paris Agreement was signed by 196 countries and is the backbone of international action to tackle the greatest challenge facing our civilization: climate change.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">At a meeting of the Group of Seven last week, Trump declined to pledge his support for the climate pact, breaking from the group&#39;s other leaders and irking some, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who called climate talks with Trump &quot;unsatisfying.&quot;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/335871-pro-paris-agreement-protest-planned-outside-the-white-house<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/pro-paris-agreement-protest-planned-outside-white-house-thursday.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Paris agreement protest planned outside the White House Thursday A Washington, D.C. environmental group is calling a last-minute protest on Thursday to oppose President Trump&#39;s expected withdrawal from the Paris climate deal. 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