State Department Memo Boosts Case to Stay in Paris Climate Pact

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An internal State Department memo says the Paris climate accord imposes few obligations on the U.S., bolstering the case for Trump administration officials who want to stay in the deal.

The document, marked as a draft, makes no explicit recommendation about whether the U.S. should remain part of the pact.

Administration officials are divided over the wisdom of keeping the U.S. in the pact, with environmental chief Scott Pruitt and top strategist Steve Bannon pushing for a pullout as White House adviser Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson advocate sticking with the agreement.

None of those commitments is binding, according to the State Department memo, which appears to dispel the most common arguments made by Paris agreement foes - including concerns that staying in the global pact would undermine the Trump administration's efforts to unwind Obama-era regulations.

Opponents of the agreement, including Marlo Lewis, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Chris Horner, a senior legal fellow with the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, warn that if the U.S. stays in the deal, it would hand legal ammunition to environmentalists fighting to preserve climate regulations.

Trump can't pull the U.S. out of the worldwide pact immediately, though he could begin a four-year process of doing so.

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