Trump’s day-one actions on energy come as climate change-fueled fires ravage Southern California, following the globe’s hottest year on record.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing the United States to again withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement, dealing a blow to worldwide efforts to combat global warming and once again distancing the U.

The agreement was meant to ensure global cooperation in reducing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere.

The United States will be one of only four countries outside the Paris Agreement, which is designed to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Donald Trump has once again taken the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement, abandoning the global effort to limit climate change. Trump signed an executive order today to exit.

In a Day 1 executive order, President Donald Trump withdrew from the landmark climate accord. Additional orders on energy are expected.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump is expected to turn away from former President Joe Biden's environmental policies with a suite of new priorities.

The Republican leader also declared a "national energy emergency" to expand drilling in the world's top oil and gas producer, said he would scrap vehicle emissions standards that amount to an "electric vehicle mandate,

Quitting the Paris Agreement triggers a cascade of real-world impacts and signals the beginning of an aggressive agenda to undo U.S. climate policy.

The past two decades show that climate and energy trend lines aren’t under the total control of the person in the White House.

By Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a sweeping plan to maximize oil and gas production, including by declaring a national energy emergency to speed permitting,