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Avatar ricky l 0 seconds ago Wonder when Donald Trump visit Florida to inspect the destruction cause by Hurricane Irma, will he :- (1) Make a statement that he make a big mistake for calling Global Warming a hoax.
(2) Make a statement that he make a big mistake of pulling out from
the Paris Climate Agreement - and will reconsider rejoining the Paris
Climate Agreement. Reply 0 0 Avatar ricky l 0 seconds ago
Nature of karma will see Donald Trump and his supporters really
repent - on all those wrong views that he and his supporters expounded
on Global Warming, Protectionism on trade, business and investment plus
others. 0 0
Tillerson says US could stay in Paris climate accord
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a news conference at
Lancaster house in London, Britain, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah
McKay
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WASHINGTON:
The United States could remain in the Paris climate accord under the
right conditions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday.
President
Donald Trump was willing to work with partners in the Paris agreement
if the United States could construct a set of terms that are fair and
balanced for Americans, Tillerson said on the CBS "Face The Nation"
programme.
"The president said he is open to finding those
conditions where we can remain engaged with others on what we all agree
is still a challenging issue," Tillerson said.
Trump
administration officials said the United States would not pull out of
the agreement and had offered to re-engage in the deal, the Wall Street
Journal reported on Saturday. U.S. officials attended a meeting on
Saturday of ministers from more than 30 of the nations that signed the
climate-change agreement.
Trump announced in June that he would
withdraw the United States from the 2015 global climate pact, arguing it
would undermine the U.S. economy and national sovereignty. The decision
drew anger and condemnation from world leaders.
Tillerson said Gary Cohn, Trump's top economic adviser, was overseeing the issue.
"So I think the plan is for director Cohn to consider other ways in
which we can work with partners in the Paris Climate Accord. We want to
be productive. We want to be helpful," said.
Similar sentiments
were expressed on Sunday by national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who
said on ABC's "This Week" programme that Trump was open to "any
discussions that will help us improve the environment."
"He left
the door open to re-entering at some later time if there can be a better
deal for the United States," said McMaster. "If there's an agreement
that benefits the American people, certainly."
The accord, reached
by nearly 200 countries in 2015, was meant to limit global warming to 2
degrees or less by 2100, mainly through pledges to cut carbon dioxide
and other emissions from the burning of fossil fuels.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
Source: Reuters
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Hurricane Maria heading for Caribbean: US forecasters
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Boats and yachts are seen sunk and damaged in a harbour on the French
Caribbean island of Saint Martin on Sep 17, 2017, after the island was
hit by Hurricane Irma. (Helene Valenzuela/AFP)
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WASHINGTON:
Maria became a hurricane on Sunday (Sep 17) as it barrelled toward the
storm-staggered eastern Caribbean with 120 kilometres per hour winds,
the US National Hurricane Centre said, on a path similar to that of mega
storm Irma earlier in the month.
Storm warnings and watches went up in many of the Caribbean islands still reeling from Irma's destructive passage.
As
of 2100 GMT, Maria was a Category One hurricane, the lowest on the five
point Saffir-Simpson scale, located 225 kilometres northeast of
Barbados while bearing west-northwest at 24 kilometres an hour, the NHC
said.
"On the forecast track, the centre of Maria will move
across the Leeward Islands on Monday night and then over the extreme
northeastern Caribbean Sea on Tuesday," it said.
Hurricane warnings were triggered for Guadeloupe, Dominica, St Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat.
Less
urgent 'watches' were issued for the US and British Virgin Islands
where at least nine people were killed during Irma; French-Dutch island
St Martin where 15 people died; Saba and St Eustatius; St Barthelemy and
Anguilla.
A warning is typically issued 36 hours before the first occurrence of
tropical storm-force winds while watches are issued 48 hours in
advance.
In the French territory of Guadeloupe, authorities
announced a "red alert" from Monday with schools, businesses and
government offices ordered closed as officials predicted severe flooding
in the lower parts of the island and urged people living there to move
to higher ground.
An official statement predicted wind speeds
could pick up to between 150 kilometres to 180 kilometres per hour,
which under the Saffir-Simpson scale would elevate the storm to either
Category Two or Three.
Tropical storm warnings were meanwhile
in place in Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saba and St Eustatius, and
St Lucia. The tiny island of Barbuda was decimated by Hurricane Irma Sep
5-6 when it made its first landfall in the Caribbean as a top intensity
Category Five storm. DANGEROUS STORM SURGES
The
NHC said Maria could produce a "dangerous storm surge accompanied by
large and destructive waves" that will raise water levels by 1.2 to 1.8
metres when it passes through the Leeward Islands.
It also
forecast a maximum potential rainfall of 51 centimetres in the Leeward
Islands, Puerto Rico and the US and British Virgin Islands through
Wednesday night - conditions that could cause life-threatening flash
floods and mudslides.
A second hurricane, Jose, is also
currently active in the Atlantic and has triggered tropical storm
watches for the northeastern United States.
Irma left around
40 people dead in the Caribbean before churning east and pounding
Florida, where at least 20 people were killed.
France, Britain
and the Netherlands have been criticized for the pace of relief efforts
in their overseas territories amid widespread shortages of food, water
and electricity.
Hurricane Irma broke weather records when it sustained winds of 295 kilometres per hour for more than 33 hours.
Many
scientists are convinced that mega storms such as Irma and Harvey
before it are intensified by the greater energy they can draw from
oceans that a warming as a result of global climate change.
Source: AFP/de
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