Former Trump Aide Calls Paris Climate Accord ‘a Good Republican Agreement’Image George David Banks, the former White House adviser on energy and climate, at United Nations climate talks in Bonn, Germany, in November. Now he is speaking his mind about the Paris climate agreement that President Trump has disavowed. “The Paris agreement is a good Republican agreement. “A lot can happen between now and 2020 ,” Mr. Banks said, referring to the date when countries can formally leave the Paris agreement. Still, he insisted that Mr. Trump remains open to returning to the Paris agreement.

Source: New York Times February 23, 2018 00:45 UTC