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Victory: Trump Exits Paris
On June 1, 2017, President Donald J. Trump announced he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.
READ: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S STATEMENT ABOUT THE U.S. EXITING THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
The Heartland Institute has opposed the Paris Climate Agreement from the start. We led a delegation of scientists and policy experts to Paris in December 2015 to hold an event during COP-21 called the “Day of Examining the Data.” After the 2016 election, Heartland pushed for President Trump to pull the United States out of that accord. (It was part of Heartland’s Action Plan for President Trump.) And on June 1, 2017, we achieved success!
Below is more information – videos, news, commentary, podcasts, etc. – produced by Heartland over several years that explains the case for pulling America out of the Paris Climate Agreement. If you have any questions about this page, or wish to speak to a Heartland climate expert, contact Director of Communications Jim Lakely at jlakely@heartland.org or 312/377-4000.
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Reacts to Trump's Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement (Jun 1, 2017)
OP-ED: Paris Climate Agreement and the ‘America First’ Energy Plan, Fred Palmer, Breitbart (May 31, 2017)
OP-ED: Submit the Paris Treaty to the Senate, Jon Basil Utley, American Conservative (May 31, 2017)
OP-ED: Escaping the Paris Climate Agreement, H. Sterling Burnett, Detroit News (May 25, 2017)
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Heartland News, Research, Commentary, and Podcasts on the Paris Climate Agreement (2016-2017)
Bast, Joseph: President Trump Should Run, Not Walk, Away From The Paris Climate Treaty (Apr 18, 2017)
Benson, Tim: Research & Commentary: No Such Thing as a Conservative Carbon-Dioxide Tax Plan (Mar 21, 2017)
Benson, Tim: Research & Commentary: COP21 and the Paris Climate Agreement (Jan 4, 2016)
Burnett, H. Sterling: Trump Keeps Promise, Withdraws from Paris Climate Agreement (Jun 2, 2017)
Burnett, H. Sterling: Escaping the Paris Climate Agreement (May 25, 2017)
Burnett, H. Sterling: Trump Slashes Climate Budget, Programs (Mar 17, 2017)
Burnett, H. Sterling: Four Reasons Trump Should Withdraw From Paris Climate Agreement (Apr 27, 2017)
Driessen, Paul: Real Science Must Guide Policy (Apr 17. 2017)
Driessen, Paul: Pretend Conservatives for Not So Clean Energy (Apr 3, 2017)
Driessen, Paul: The Social Cost of Carbon Regulations (Mar 20, 2017)
Driessen, Paul: Financial Stability Board Climate Deceit (Mar 17, 2017)
Driessen, Paul: GIGO-based energy and climate policies (Feb 28, 2017)
Driessen, Paul: Five Stages of Climate Grief (Nov 28, 2016)
Driessen, Paul: Now Comes the Hard, Fun and Vital Part (Nov 20, 2016)
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts React to Reports President Trump Will Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate Treaty (May 30, 2017)
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Experts Urge President Trump to Withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty (Apr 18, 2017)
PRESS RELEASE: Heartland Institute Releases ‘Action Plan for President Trump’ (Nov 21, 2016)
Wall Street Journal: Trump Bids Paris Adieu (Jun 2, 2017)
Wall Street Journal: Paris Climate Discord (Jun 1, 2017)
Wall Street Journal: Angela Merkel’s Lament (May 30, 2017)
Strassel, Kimberley: Anatomy of a Deep State (May 25, 2017)
Horner, Chris; Ebell, Myron: We’ll Always Have Paris if U.S. Doesn’t Act (May 15, 2017)
Beisner, E. Calvin: Exiting the Paris Climate Agreement (Apr 17, 2017)
VIDEO
Watch Heartland’s Public Briefing on COP-21, live-streamed on Dec. 16, 2015
Watch the Heartland’s ‘Day of Examining the Data’ on December 7, 2015 in Paris [Full Video]
View Heartland’s ‘Day of Examining the Data’ program in Paris, by segment
Press Conference
Fred Singer, Ph.D., SEPP
Robert Carter, Ph.D., NIPCC
Willie Soon, Ph.D., NIPCC
Christopher Essex, Ph.D., University of Western Ontario (plus Q&A)
Sen. Jim Inhofe's Speech to the Heartland Climate Conference in Paris
Sen. Jim Inhofe's December 9, 2015 Speech in Senate about COP-21
Christian Gerondeau, author of Climat, j'accuse
James Taylor, The Heartland Institute
Patrick Moore, Ph.D., Ecosense
Nicolas Loris, Heritage Foundation
Wolfgang Müller, EIKE
Lord Christopher Monckton, Science and Public Policy Institute (plus Q&A)
Jim Lakely, The Heartland Institute (wrap-up)
Heartland Dispatches from Paris and COP-21
- Carter, Robert M. and Harris, Tom - A Climate of Moral Vanity - Washington Times (Dec 8, 2015)
- Carter, Robert M. - Global Warming Alarmist Rhetoric, Propaganda and Dishonesty Heats Up in Paris - CNSNews.com (Dec 2, 2015)
- Essex, Christopher - The Zombie Apocalypse, Climate, and COP-21 - Breitbart.com (Dec 10, 2015)
- Harris, Tom - Paris Climate Conference Agrees on Sustainable Fantasy - PJ Media (Dec 21, 2015)
- Lakely, Jim - Eco-radicals at COP-21 Hold Mock Totalitarian Show Trial Against Climate Enemy No. 1 - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 5, 2015)
- Taylor, James - NRDC Embarrasses Itself at UN Climate Conference Media Event - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 11, 2015)
- Taylor, James - Al Gore Calls for Outlawing Alaska Oil Pipeline - Somewhat Reasonable - (Dec 10, 2015)
- Taylor, James - UN Climate Talks May Force U.S. Government to Defer to International Labor Unions - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 8, 2015)
- Taylor, James - United Nations Draft Climate Agreement Illustrates Futility of COP21 Conference - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 7, 2015)
- Taylor, James - Indian Lead Climate Negotiator Backs Nuclear Power to Reduce Emissions - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 5, 2015)
- Taylor, James - Weary and Outraged Parisians Greet the United Nations Climate Conference - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 4, 2015)
- Podcast - James Taylor: Smears from the Left Can’t Derail Sound Science - The Heartland Institute (Dec 8, 2015)
- Podcast - James Taylor: Heartland in Paris for the U.N.’s COP-21 Climate Conference - The Heartland Institute (Dec 3, 2015)
- Zanotti, Emily - No, Bill Nye, Climate Change Isn’t Responsible for Paris Attacks - Somewhat Reasonable (Dec 2, 2015)
Video Reactions from Paris
James Taylor, The Heartland Institute
Tom Harris, International Climate Science Coalition
Robert Carter, NIPCCTom Harris Reviews ‘Climate Hustle’
Tom Harris Reviews ‘Climate Hustle’
Heartland News Releases on the Paris Climate Agreement and COP-21
- August 31, 2016: President Obama Poised to ‘Ratify’ Fake Paris Climate Agreement in China
- December 12, 2015: Heartland Institute’s James Taylor Comments on ‘Paris Agreement’ at COP-21 Climate Conference
- December 9, 2015: Heartland Institute Follows Paris COP-21 Success with Climate Conference in Germany
- December 5, 2015: COP-21 LIVE-STREAM MONDAY, DEC. 7: ‘Day of Examining the Data’ Brings Science to Paris Climate Conference
- December 3, 2015: U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe to Address Heartland Institute Climate Conference in Paris
- November 24, 2015: Heartland Institute, CFACT Announce Energy Panel Speakers for ‘Day of Examining Data’ at COP-21
- November 17, 2015: Heartland Institute, CFACT Announce Speakers for ‘Day of Examining Data’ in Paris for COP-21
- November 12, 2015: Heartland Institute Leads Contingent of Climate Realists to Paris for UN’s COP 21 Conference
The Heartland Institute in Paris for COP-21
One of the most important battles in the history of the global warming debate was fought November 30 - December 12, 2015 at a United Nations climate conference in Paris known as COP-21, or the twenty-first "Conference of the Parties." The UN attempted to impose binding carbon dioxide restrictions on the United States and transfer billions of dollars of climate "reparations" from the United States to corrupt third-world dictatorships like the Maldives and Zimbabwe. They failed, coming to terms on an agreement with zero legal standing and no binding obligations.
The Heartland Institute worked with other leading think tanks and advocacy groups — such as the Cooler Heads Coalition, Heritage Foundation, CFACT, Competitive Enterprise Institute, NIPCC and allied groups in Europe. Our voice was heard, and it ensured that energy consumers and taxpayers were represented on the ground in Paris — and that sound science and economics was part of the global discussion.
What We Did in Paris
Heartland led a delegation of scientists and policy experts to Paris to hold a "counter-conference" during COP-21 called the Day of Examining the Data on Monday, December 7, 2015 (see videos above) to demonstrate there is strong and informed opposition to Obama’s plans, and to expose the agendas and true costs of the agreement that was negotiated there. The overarching message: Humans are not causing a climate crisis, and the United Nations' "solutions" to this non-existent problem will do much harm and almost no good.
What Was at Stake in Paris, and Beyond
If the United States were to agree to binding restrictions on our carbon dioxide emissions and payment of reparations to corrupt third-world regimes, the economic consequences would be devastating. Your taxes and energy costs would go up dramatically — by thousands of dollars every year. Job losses would be measured in the millions, and many of those are good-paying jobs in manufacturing that the country, still struggling to emerge from the Great Recession, can ill-afford to lose. And for what? The agreement reached in Paris will have virtually no impact on the world’s climate.
President Barack Obama led the charge in this assault on the American economy. And though the Paris Agreement is not binding, Obama has stated he will nonetheless attempt to impose UN-enforced restrictions on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions as a legacy achievement for the conclusion of his presidency.
Obama may or may not succeed in that effort, but his failure at leaving Paris with a genuine victory means the global warming movement has failed to once again to achieve its top objective: a globally binding global warming treaty to replace the now-expired Kyoto Protocol. Whoever succeeds Obama is likely to undo much of the policy and regulations he has implemented via executive authority. That is why COP-21 was so important, and why Heartland, the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC), and the Cooler Heads Coalition needed to be there.
Though France banned the largest organized protests in the wake of the terrorist attack of November 13, COP-21 was still a raucous affair. Developing countries are refusing to embrace caps on their exploding greenhouse gas emissions, and they insist developed countries give them hundreds of billions of dollars a year with few or no strings attached. International aid groups are still fighting to prevent the diversion of aid from more urgent needs to emission reduction schemes that would have little impact on climate. Real science and economics are being kicked to the curb.
Schedule for the ‘Day of Examining the Data’
Monday, December 7, 2015
Hotel California
16 Rue de Berri, 75008 Paris
09:00: Press Conference
Members of the "Cooler Heads Coalition" from the United States, Canada, and Europe
10:00 - 11:30 PANEL 1: The Latest Science and the Errors of the UN’s IPCC
James Taylor, USA (Moderator)
Robert M. Carter, Ph.D., Australia
Willie Soon, Ph.D., USA
S. Fred Singer, Ph.D., USA
Christopher Essex, Ph.D., Canada
11:45 - 12:45 Keynote luncheon speech
Speakers: U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), via video; Patrick Moore, Ph.D., Canada; James Taylor, USA
13:00 - 14:30 PANEL 2: Sensible Energy Policy for the Poor vs. UN Energy Policies
Tom Harris, Canada (Moderator)
Patrick Moore, Ph.D., Canada
Nick Loris, USA
Wolfgang Müller, Germany
Christopher Monckton, United Kingdom
14:30 - 14:45 Closing Remarks
James Taylor, USA
18:30: WORLD PREMIERE of the film "Climate Hustle," presented by CFACT
Cinema du Pantheon, 13 Rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris
The Cooler Heads Coalition
The following organizations joined Heartland in its efforts to bring climate truth to Paris for COP-21.
Video News Coverage of Heartland at COP-21
'Climate Home' Main Story Segment: Meet the 'Climate Realists'
'Climate Home' Interview with James Taylor
'Climate Home' Interview with Marc Morano
'Climate Home' Interview with Willie Soon
'Climate Home' Interview with Myron Ebell
'Climate Home' Interview with Christopher Monckton
'Climate Home' Interview with Tom Harris
The New American Interviews Willie Soon
Story on Vice News (HBO)
News, Commentary, Podcasts and Research on COP-21
- Adragna, Anthony - Influential Role Seen for Pope Francis at 2015 Climate Negotiations in Paris - Bloomberg (March 12, 2015)
- Ball, Tim - The Need To Revisit The Climategate Revelations To Counter Mainstream Media Failure And The Paris Climate Conference Plans - Watts Up With That (Sept 28, 2015)
- Barrasso, Sen. John - Congress Can Cool Off Obama’s Climate Plans - Wall Street Journal (Nov. 25, 2015)
- Barrasso, Sen. John - Senators to Pres. Obama: No International Climate Funding without Senate Approval - Press Release (Nov. 19, 2015)
- Bastasch, Michael - The $400-Billion-A-Year Global Warming Industrial Complex - The Daily Caller (Nov 16, 2014)
- Bastasch, Michael - France Says It’s ‘Essential’ To Fight Global Warming In Wake Of Paris Terror Attacks - The Daily Caller (Nov 14, 2015)
- Burnett, H. Sterling - Greenland Aiming to Opt Out of Paris Climate Accord - The Heartlander (Jan 6, 2016)
- Burnett, H. Sterling - Climate Negotiations Fraught with Difficulties, Likely to Fail - The Heartlander (Dec 6, 2014)
- Burnett, H. Sterling - Congress, Ready to Drive a Stake Through the Climate Vampire’s Heart - The Heartlander (Oct 26, 2015)
- Burnett, H. Sterling - Three Reasons COP-21 Will Fail - Climate Change Weekly (Nov 13, 2015)
- Cama, Timothy - France to Kerry: Yes, climate deal will be 'legally binding' - The Hill (Nov 12, 2015)
- Cama, Timothy and Henry, Devin - Senators push back against Paris climate talks - The Hill (Nov 19, 2015)
- Cameron-Moore, Simon - China Says Keeping Leaders Away Is Key to Climate Talk Success - Reuters (Nov 23, 2015)
- Cartoons by Josh - L’Alternative Paris - Watts Up With That (Nov 4, 2015)
- Curry, Judith - Lomborg: Impact of Current Climate Proposals - Climate, Etc. (Nov 9, 2015)
- Davenport, Coral - Obama’s Legacy at Stake in Paris Talks on Climate Accord - New York Times (Nov 28, 2015)
- Eule, Stephen D. - Statement of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Examining the International Climate Negotiations- US Senate (Nov 18, 2015)
- The Federalist Staff - Obama Says He’ll Rebuke ISIS By Talking About Climate Change - The Federalist (Nov 24, 2015)
- Geletnter, Joshua - The Great Climate Lie - National Review (Nov 14, 2015)
- Groves, Steve - Obama’s Plan to Avoid Senate Review of the Paris Protocol - Heritage Foundation (Sept 21, 2015)
- Grundmann, Reiner - Paris: binding or non-binding? - Die Klimazweibel (Nov 13, 2015)
- Harder, Amy and Peterson, Kristina - Clash for Obama Ahead of Paris Climate Change Summit - Wall Street Journal (Nov 27, 2015)
- Harvey, Fiona - Don't let Paris attacks stop COP21 climate change deal, pleads Obama - the Guardian (Nov 22, 2015)
- Henry, Devin - Obama kicks off push for Paris climate deal - The Hill (Nov 30, 2015)
- McGrath, Matt - Public support for tough climate deal 'declines' - BBC News (Nov 27, 2015)
- Milloy, Steve - Joe Bast assesses the battlefield on climate/warming/global environmental political war - Climate Change Dispatch (Oct 14, 2015)
- Montford, Andrew - COP this - Bishop Hill blog (Oct 25, 2015)
- Hinkley, Story - Paris climate talks will go on, organizers say - Christian Science Monitor (Nov 15, 2015)
- Hoft, Jim - Obama Warns of “Submerged Countries, Abandoned Cities, Fields Than No Longer Grow” at COP21 Summit - Gateway Pundit (Nov 30, 2015)
- King, Ed - UK climate diplomats face axe after COP21 Paris summit - (Nov 25, 2015)
- Kendall, Donny - Heartland is Going to Paris for COP-21, and You Can Help - Somewhat Reasonable (Nov 4, 2015)
- Koonin, Steven - The Tough Realities of the Paris Climate Talks - New York Times (Nov 4, 2015)
- Kreutzer, David - What to Make of India’s Carbon-Intensity Pledge - Cooler Heads Digest (Oct 6, 2015)
- Laframboise, Donna - 21 Days Until Paris - No Frakking Consensus (Nov 9, 2015)
- Laframboise, Donna - Journalist Philippe Verdier Terminated (No Climate Free Speech, Part 6) - No Frakking Consensus (Nov 2, 2015)
- Laframboise, Donna - Private Jet Airport Hosts Paris Climate Summit - No Frakking Consensus (Oct 21, 2015)
- Lee, Mike and Kelly, Mike - Pay Up, and Up, and Up: Developing Nations Set to Make Demands at Climate-Change Talks in Paris - (Nov 19, 2015)
- Lepage, Corinne - A Successful Climate Change Conference Is The Best Response To ISIS Brutality - Huffington Post (Nov 15, 2015)
- Lewis, Marlo - Paris Agreement Is a Real Tiger: Lock and Load - Globalwarming.org (Dec 27, 2015)
- Lewis, Marlo - Lomborg Exposes Paris Accord’s Climatological Insignificance - Cooler Heads Digest (Nov 10, 2015)
- Levi, Michael - What Matters (And What Doesn’t) in the G7 Climate Declaration - Council of Foreign Relations blog (June 10, 2015)
- Lomborg, Bjorn - Gambling the World Economy on Climate - Wall Street Journal (Nov 16, 2015)
- Loris, Nicolas - Obama Apologizing to the World for US on Climate Is Ridiculous - Daily Signal (Nov 30, 2015)
- Morano, Marc - Climate activists suggest Paris Terror attack linked to ISIS-OPEC attempt to kill UN climate treaty & raise oil prices - Climate Depot (Nov 14, 2015)
- Morani, Marc - EPA Chief: Ask any U.S. soldier and ‘they will tell you’ ‘climate change’ is major ‘national security’ threat - Climate Depot (Nov 13, 2015)
- Murdock, Deroy - Obama Fights to Save Planet That Hasn’t Warmed in Nearly 19 Years - National Review (Dec 1, 2015)
- Neslen, Arthur - France defends 'imperfect' fossil fuel sponsors for Paris climate summit - The Guardian (May 29, 2015)
- Noon, Marita - The March to Paris Has Begun - The Heartlander (Nov 4, 2015)
- Noon, Marita - We'll Always Have Paris - American Spectator (Nov 10, 2015)
- Podcast - Christopher Essex: Why We Distrust Climate Models Part 2 - The Heartland Institute (Dec 1, 2015)
- Podcast - Christopher Essex: Why We Distrust Climate Models Part 1 - The Heartland Institute (Nov 30, 2015)
- Podcast - Nick Loris: Paris COP-21 Climate Conference Preview - The Heartland Institute (Nov 9, 2015)
- Podcast - Jay Lehr: The EPA and Radical Environmental Groups - The Heartland Institute (Oct 7, 2015)
- Ridley, Matt - Climate Change Will Not Be Dangerous for a Long Time - Scientific American (Nov 27, 2015)
- Rust, James H. - President Obama Demands Agreement with Climate Policies - Somewhat Reasonable (Nov 9, 2015)
- Selin, Henrik - The biggest sticking point in Paris: money - Energy Post (Nov 9, 2015)
- Siegel, Josh - Republicans to Introduce Resolutions Declaring Obama’s Paris Climate Deal Should Need Senate Approval - (Nov 18, 2015)
- Singer, Fred S. - Obama Expected to Bind US to CO2 Reduction at Paris Climate Meeting This Year - American Thinker (April 16, 2015)
- Sinha, Amitabh - Climate talks in Paris: India to stay firm on use of coal - The Indian Express (Nov 19, 2015)
- Stefanini, Sara and Oroschakoff, Kalina - COP21: everything you need to know - Politico (Nov 28, 2015)
- Stefanini, Sara - Paris climate summit still on - Politico (Nov 14, 2015)
- Vice News - French Authorities Ban Big Marches During UN Climate Talks in Paris - (Nov 18, 2015)
- Watts, Anthony - Study: Climate skeptics are winning the public opinion war - Watts Up With That (Dec 2, 2015)
- Watts, Anthony - Lomborg: Paris climate pact will reduce temperature increase by the end of the century by a whopping 0.05°C - Watts Up With That (Nov 10, 2015)
- Worrall, Eric - Climate Activists Bracing for Failure at Paris - Watts Up With That (Nov 11, 2015)
- Yeatman, William - Why Climate Diplomacy Makes Me Laugh - Cooler Heads Digest (Sept 10, 2015)
- Zanotti, Emily - #COP21 Expected to be Major Contributor to Climate Change, Ironically - Somewhat Reasonable (Nov 30, 2015)
- Zezima, Katie - Cruz says he would withdraw U.S. from Paris climate accord if elected - Washington Post (Dec 23, 2015)
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Additional Sources Who Can Provide the Non-Alarmist View of Global Warming and Perspective on COP-21
Heartland works closely with some of the world's most esteemed climate scientists and policy scholars who have examined the data supporting the hypothesis of anthroprogenic global warming ... and find it wanting. They can speak chapter-and-verse on the science, and also provide easy-to-understand commentary for a general audience.
The experts below did not join Heartland's contingent to Paris, but are making themselves available to the media for comment about the issues that will be debated at COP-21.
Email Heartland's director of communications, Jim Lakely at jlakely@heartland.org to get connected. [NOTE: This list is constantly being updated.]
Tim Ball (Canada)
Kenneth Haapla (USA)
Olavi Karner (Estonia)
Anthony Lupo (USA)
Jim Rust (USA)
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