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California Professors Sign Open Letter To Trump Urging Action On Climate Change
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“We are treading a thin line on whether it’s possible to avert major climate change, and it is absolutely imperative that we do everything we can.”
huffingtonpost.com - byMollie Reilly - January 31, 2017
More than 2,300 faculty members from California public universities signed a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to take the threat of climate change seriously.
The letter, signed by faculty members from the University of California and California State University systems and released on Tuesday, asks Trump to maintain the U.S. commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as specified in the Paris climate change agreement President Barack Obama signed last year. Trump, who has characterized climate change as a hoax, has promised to pull out of that agreement.
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UC, CSU Faculty Send Open Letter to Trump on Climate Change
news.berkeley.edu - by Robert Sanders - January 31, 2017
CLICK HERE - Full text of the open letter to President Trump
Amid rumors that President Donald Trump will soon pull out of the Paris climate agreement that former President Barack Obama signed last year, more than 2,300 faculty from California universities have signed an open letter to the Trump administration calling for sustained action on climate change and urging the president to honor the country’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as set forth in the agreement.
The United States signed the agreement last year, along with 193 other nations, and the provisions went into effect in November. Trump and some of his cabinet appointees, however, have expressed skepticism that human activities play a role in rising global temperatures, calling climate change a “hoax,” and argue that limits on greenhouse gas emissions, especially by coal-fired power plants, stifle the economy. After his inauguration, the White House removed any mention of climate change from its website, and climate scientists working at federal agencies are in fear of being muzzled or even fired.
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