By contrast, the National Mining Association’s board of directors voted Tuesday to endorse a withdrawal from the climate agreement. A number of climate experts have suggested they expect the White House will eventually decide to remain in the agreement. “I think there is a better than 50/50 chance that the Trump administration will stay in the Paris agreement. “There are many rationalizations, we’re hearing more every day, for President Trump breaking his promise,” Horner said. So the Trump administration would have to revise that pledge downward, an act that surely would trigger international opprobrium.

Source: Washington Post April 26, 2017 17:41 UTC