WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases from an effort to stop global warming.
World's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter to exit deal again
A U.S. oil refinery. U.S. greenhouse gas emissions are second only to China's. © Reuters
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, removing the world's second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases from an effort to stop global warming.