First Up - The Paris Climate Agreement

One of the most contentious agreements the United States has ever signed has been the Paris Climate Agreement. In our country, it seems to be a political football, depending which political party holds the White House.

The Paris Agreement was adopted by 194 parties, including 193 countries and the EU, in Paris in 2015.

The Paris Agreement was based on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was signed in 1992. The UNFCCC has provided the basis for other international climate negotiations, including the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.

President Obama signed it in 2016 and President Trump withdrew from it in 2020. Subsequently, President Biden reversed the Trump withdrawal soon after he became President.

Now, this week, President-Elect Donald Trump's transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing again from the Agreement, as reported by the New York Times and Newsmax.

The problem with the Agreement, at least to some including Donald Trump, is that it places an unfair financial burden on the United States while not applying the same standards to India, China and other highly industrial countries.

So, the only response is to withdraw and not participate in an obviously one-sided financial hit against our sovereignty.

This was a campaign promise President-Elect Trump made many times and intends to keep. He did it before and will again.

And I am on board with that.