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Trump Splits With Rest of G-20 Again on Climate Change Action

Donald Trump on June 29.Photographer: Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool via Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump again split from other Group of 20 nations over climate change, with the U.S. rebuffing the need for the Paris Agreement to reduce emissions.

Negotiators had worked through the night to try and reach agreement on the communique released Saturday after the G-20 summit. The so-called 19+1 formula on climate change is similar to what was agreed at the gathering last year in Argentina.