EU Politicians Condemn Trump’s Move to Pull Out of Climate Pact

European politicians bristled as President Donald Trump announced the world’s wealthiest nation would pull out of the landmark Paris Agreement to combat climate change along with a sweeping overhaul of the US energy landscape.

Trump said in an executive order on Monday that the US would formally withdraw from the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The accord aims to keep global warming below 2 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels.

“The Paris Agreement continues to be the best hope for all humanity,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech at the ...