Perry Says Trump Should Renegotiate, Not Exit, Paris Accord
- Energy secretary says he won’t advise Trump to abandon UN deal
- Perry criticizes Germany for allowing emissions to rise
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry discussed the Trump administration's stance on the Paris climate accord at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York on Tuesday. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry became the latest senior member of President Donald Trump’s administration to publicly advocate for staying in the Paris climate accord, saying the U.S. should renegotiate the deal and push European nations to take on a larger share of emissions reductions.
“I’m not going to tell the president of the United States to walk away from the Paris accord,” Perry said at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York on Tuesday. “I will say that we need to renegotiate it.”