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June 06 , 2017
  • Reuters：California, China defy U.S. climate retreat with new cleantech tie-up
    Reuters reports: "California said it would cooperate with China on clean technology, emissions trading and other 'climate-positive' efforts in a bid to fill a gap left after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord last week. The government of California and China's Ministry of Science and Technology will work together to develop and commercialize know-how on carbon capture and storage, clean energy, and information technology to rein in greenhouse gases, according to a Tuesday statement. President Trump's announcement of the pull-out from the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change was branded as 'insane' by California governor Jerry Brown, who was visiting China this week...The failure of leadership by the United States was 'only temporary', Brown told reporters on the sidelines of a clean energy forum in Beijing on Tuesday, adding that science and the market would be required to get past it. U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, who was at the same conference, declined to take questions from reporters. In an earlier speech, Brown had criticized those still 'resisting reality'. 'The world is not doing enough,' he said. 'We are on the road to a very negative and disastrous future, unless we increase the tempo of change.' "
  • The Wall Street Journal：Top U.S. Diplomat in China Quits Over Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "The top-ranking U.S. diplomat in Beijing resigned over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, depleting already thinned-out State Department ranks and depriving Washington of one of its most experienced China hands. David Rank, a 27-year veteran of the State Department, has been running the embassy in Beijing as chargé d'affairs since January. He had been expected to continue in that role until Mr. Trump's pick for ambassador, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, arrives. Mr. Branstad has been confirmed for his post but is undergoing ambassador training. Mr. Rank, who couldn't be reached for comment, announced his resignation at a town hall for embassy staff on Monday. He said his conscience prevented him from carrying out his duties after Mr. Trump's decision on the climate-change agreement, according to people who were at the meeting...Mr. Rank's resignation comes as the Trump administration relies less on experienced career diplomats in its dealings with Asia. A diminished role for the State Department and its embassies has left foreign policy for the region in the hands of a few of the president's advisers, including Jared Kushner, his son-in-law."
  • Quartz：An architect of the Paris climate agreement isn't losing sleep over Trump pull out
    Quartz comments: "Christiana Figueres, who led the original negotiations of the Paris agreement in her former role as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, has called US president Donald Trump's move last week to withdraw the United States from the international Paris agreement a 'political message.'...You've previously told Quartz the pull out is a 'political message.' Can you expand on that? CF: The fact is that the United States would be able to officially communicate its wish to withdraw on Nov. 5, 2019. And then it would take one year to withdraw. So the announcement that we heard on Thursday has no legal basis. Therefore the announcement is a political announcement and I think the political announcement is a two-part announcement. It's an announcement to Mr. Trump's political base in the United States that is unfortunately being misled with respect to job creation and which sectors of the energy industry are the ones that can create jobs. It is definitely not coal. The bottom line of the internal message is that Mr. Trump would like to promise jobs that do not exist and will not exist no matter what he says or does. Those coal jobs just cannot return. And the other message to the international community is a message of lack of willingness to work with other countries for the benefit of the United States and the world."
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