Ahead of G-7 Meeting, Cantwell, Murray Urge President Trump Not to Withdraw from Paris Climate Agreement

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Ahead of this week's G-7 meeting, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Patty Murray (D-WA) and 36 of their Democratic colleagues urged President Trump to keep the United States party to the Paris Climate Agreement.

"Backing out of the Paris Agreement now, after the years of painstaking negotiations and strong U.S. leadership it took to get the world to this point, would be a self-inflicted injury to America's credibility and influence on the world stage," said Cantwell and Murray in the letter.

In the newly released letter, the senators said that reneging on the agreement could put American health and safety at risk, hurt the American economy, and result in our small businesses missing out on vital investment and job opportunities while the rest of the world moves forward with trillions of dollars of investment in resilient infrastructure, low-carbon energy, sustainable agriculture, and new technologies.

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