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Trump on climate change- USA companies’ profits more important. He is expert on environment

Trump’s climate session no-show, ABC News, 27 Aug 19

A $US20 million ($29.5 million) pledge to battle wildfires raging across the Amazon is being seen as one of the few solid agreements to come out of the meeting — but it appears to have come about with little input from Mr Trump.

“The President had scheduled meetings and bilaterals with Germany and India, so a senior member of the administration attended in his stead,” press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

CNN and the Guardian reported Mr Trump appeared to be unaware of when the climate session would be held when asked by reporters. He thought it had not happened yet…..

The US president up-ended last year’s G7 summit in Canada, walking out of the meeting early and disassociating himself from the final communique having initially endorsed the document. …..

World leaders’ closing remarks

US President Donald Trump: …….

• On climate change: “We are the number one energy producer in the world. It is tremendous wealth — I am not going to lose that wealth on dreams, on windmills, which frankly are not working that well.”
• “I want the cleanest water on Earth, I want the cleanest air on Earth … I think I know more about the environment than most people.”   https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-27/trump-ready-to-meet-irans-president-to-solve-nuclear-impasse-g7/11451490

August 26, 2019 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, USA