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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 2880161" data-attributes="member: 1940"><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/31/trump-paris-accord-exit-is-good-for-the-environment-commentary.html" target="_blank">Trump&#039;s Paris accord exit will save the environmental movement from itself</a>People who are really concerned with lowering emissions worldwide need to come to grips with the fact that international agreements where bad actors can&#039;t be effectively punished aren&#039;t the way to go. It may be intoxicating to see their activism rewarded with the pomp and ceremony of an accord like the Paris climate deal, but they&#039;re ultimately meaningless.If the U.S. government wants to do something about the environment, it doesn&#039;t need to collude with foreign nations. It would be much better if it started with fixing its own house in a series of moves that conservatives and libertarians could join with liberals to support. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 2880161, member: 1940"] [B][SIZE=5][URL='http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/31/trump-paris-accord-exit-is-good-for-the-environment-commentary.html']Trump's Paris accord exit will save the environmental movement from itself[/URL][/SIZE] [/B] [SIZE=4]People who are really concerned with lowering emissions worldwide need to come to grips with the fact that international agreements where bad actors can't be effectively punished aren't the way to go. It may be intoxicating to see their activism rewarded with the pomp and ceremony of an accord like the Paris climate deal, but they're ultimately meaningless. If the U.S. government wants to do something about the environment, it doesn't need to collude with foreign nations. It would be much better if it started with fixing its own house in a series of moves that conservatives and libertarians could join with liberals to support. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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